[j-nsp] MX80 Opinions

[Chris Evans]

Or build a redundant re in it.  They can make the boards small it enough if
they want to...
On Jun 2, 2011 8:15 PM, "Richard A Steenbergen" <ras at e-gerbil.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 02, 2011 at 04:26:54PM -0700, Doug Hanks wrote:
>> Daniel,
>>
>> I have nothing but good things to say about the MX80.
>
> I have almost nothing but good things to say, now that 90-95% of the
> cripling Trio-specific bugs have been worked out of the current code.
>
> The integrated RE is probably the biggest design limitation. For
> example, we just got bit by a bad flash drive on one, which caused the
> kernel to lock up when writing to the disk. This required a physical
> power cycle to bring the box back every time it happened, left no
> evidence in the logs (so we had to catch it actually happening on
> console to know what was going on), and required a complete RMA of the
> chassis to fix. The lack of redundant REs severely limits the potential
> of this otherwise excellent little box. Oh and don't forget, a single RE
> will make your upgrade process take a lot longer too.
>
> Juniper would really do well to introduce a 1U small/simple external RE
> which can be connected over Ethernet, to "redundantize" a box like the
> MX80, and to be a reasonably sized BGP route reflector.
>
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