[j-nsp] Cisco ASR 9001 vs Juniper MX104

[Colton Conor]

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?

Other options might be a used MX240 with older RE's and DPC cards.




On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 4:34 AM, john doe <killbop at zoho.com> wrote:

> Hey guys,
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> Working on a project here and it's more or less SP focused,
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> Which is not a muscle I've worked on lately, mostly been doing campus
> stuff.
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> Looking at MX104 vs ASR 9001 as a potential solution.
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> Requirements are fairly straightforward  - 1GE to collect customers and
> 10GE going northbound (up to 30 Gbps), full MPLS and IP stack, possibly
> Carrier NAT.
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> Customer wants a box that will give them most room to grown in terms of
> scale/features. And we can't go full modular since rack space is big pain
> for these guys. Price is also an issue (as usual)
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> I heard good stuff about Juniper SP gear, while not so complimentary
> things of ASR. But that was when platform was introduced and they had all
> sorts of IOS-XR adventures.
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> Would love to hear some input from here as vendor claims are conflicting
> (nothing new here I guess)
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> Cheers
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> p.s.
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> Anyone with experience on ISSU on these platforms?
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> I've done some googling and it seems like on both platforms it's dependent
> upon line cards you use.
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> Plus most of the stuff I found was covering big chassis systems, not the
> low range.
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