[j-nsp] Need suggestions..

陈江 ilovebgp4 at gmail.com
Thu Feb 4 08:03:28 EST 2010


Per FIB, CEFB-E is same as MX80's TRIO, either has 1M FIB for IPv4.

Per RIB, Yes, MX80 will be more powerful than RE400 or RE850.

On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Richard A Steenbergen <ras at e-gerbil.net>wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 12:01:18AM -0600, TCIS List Acct wrote:
> > No, we are not spaced constrained.
> >
> > I forgot to mention we are looking to spend as little money as possible,
> > and are OK with older gear :-)  We've got 4 M7i's at the edge in
> production
> > now and could probably buy a few more to use for this, but the # of Gig-E
> > interfaces in the M7i might constrain us eventually (will not be a
> > throughput constraint at all).
> >
> > Maybe a M10i or even some of the J-series might work?  These devices will
> > be gateway devices for our distribution switches and not sit at the edge
> of
> > the network.  They just need to be able to hold at least a full routing
> > table (when I said 4 full tables before, that was the # of upstreams we
> > take routes from, but I know we have only ~300K or so routes actually
> > active in the router)
>
> Existing M7i/M10i boxes are pretty darn old, and IMHO are getting very
> close to the end of their useful lifespans. Even with the new CFEB-E
> boards (which bring I-chip capabilities and put the old ABC-chip design
> out to pasture), RE-400 or even an upgraded RE-850 are not exactly
> modern or stellar performers on the control-plane, especially given the
> rate that JUNOS is bloating itself. For about the same price as a
> redundant M10i with 4xGE you could wait and get an MX80 with 4x10GE and
> 48x10/100/1000, and have a throughly modern platform which is FAR more
> likely to still be useable in 2-5 years from now. Unless you're putting
> this up against a $4k ebay special, you should really be far better off
> buying an MX80 when they come out.
>
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