[j-nsp] Cisco ASR 9001 vs Juniper MX104

[Mark Tinka]

On 1/Dec/15 06:00, Colton Conor wrote:

> I have looked and priced both platforms from Juniper and Cisco. Both would
> require two routers for true redundancy as expected. Cisco said instead of
> getting two 9001s, why not look at the ASR9010. They had a promo for free
> RSPs if you buy two cards. The price of the ASR9010 with two cards was just
> about the same price as two 9001s. And a much better deal than the MX104
> fully licensed with two REs and similar cards.
>
> So is looking at something like the ASR9010 worth it even if you only need
> 30Gbps northbound for now? I know for the OP space is a concern so
> the ASR9010, but for those of you with plenty of space what is your overall
> thoughts?

The ASR9010 isn't bad (although you probably want to be looking at the
ASR99xx line moving forward), but if the OP is still looking at NAT,
then not an ideal platform because he'll have to buy another service
line card to do the NAT offload. This takes up even more space and adds
cost.

Mark.