[j-nsp] Which Router

[Peter E. Fry]

----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Van Tol <eric at atlantech.net>
To: "'Lee Hetherington'"
<lee.hetherington at redtechnology.com>
Cc: "juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net"
<juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net>
Subject: Re: [j-nsp] Which Router
Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 06:23:02 -0400

> I can attest that a J2350 with 1G of RAM can take two full
> tables and run +150Mb/s without a problem.  If you're
> looking to save money, don't go with the costly Juniper
> RAM upgrade kit.  I'm not sure if vendors think their
> memory is lined with platinum, plated in diamond-encrusted
> gold, and made from the hides of endangered species, but
> the cost of these RAM upgrades is insane.  You can get a
> 1G memory stick from Crucial that will work for about $60
> as opposed to the $2K or more you would spend on the
> special kit from Juniper.

  In the case of Crucial, it's probably made on the same
manufacturing line, too.
  I don't know if this matters to anyone, but most of the J
series can be redeployed as firewalls, too, with a bit of
license work (money, time, and a bit of divine
intervention).

Peter E. Fry