[j-nsp] Cisco ASR 9001 vs Juniper MX104

[Adam Vitkovsky]

Hi Colton,

> Of Colton Conor
> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2015 4:00 AM
> 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?
>
ASR9010 is much better product than MX960 -i.e. much better than MX104, so if space or power consumption is not a concern I wouldn’t think twice.
My experience is that most of the backbones need to upgrade part or all of their backbone links capacity shortly after the initial build out anyways.

adam


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