[j-nsp] EX4600 Vs QFX 5100 VS ACX 5048

[Saku Ytti]

On 2 May 2016 at 13:20, Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu> wrote:
> When reviewing Metro-E boxes back in 2009, the MX80 was just being
> developed. I "convinced" Juniper to make a 1U MX Metro-E switch with 40
> - 48 ports, that could do everything the larger MX chassis could, since
> the MX80 was simply too big and too costly.

I don't see the logic here. Just because it's 1RU, does not mean it'll
become cheaper. If anything, it's more expensive due to more NRE
needed to solve thermal issues.
If they'll make 1RU Trio box, there is no reason to suspect price
point would be significantly cheaper than MX80/MX104. If you need
cheaper box, you need to go low-touch/pipeline/asic style
forwarding-logic.

Does 1RU/2RU/3RU really matter that much? To me MX104 is better option
than MX80 due to being less deep, depth of MX80 was an issue, not the
RU.

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