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

[Mark Tinka]

On 2/May/16 22:26, Saku Ytti wrote:

> 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.

The form factor was just one aspect. The box also needed to be
reasonably cheap with an acceptable level of creature comfort sacrifices.

It's not impossible - Cisco did it with the ME3600X/3800X, and they've
done it again with the ASR920.

Like it or not, the other vendors (perhaps with the exception of
Brocade) do not have an answer. Much to my chagrin, but hey...

For us, 1U is critical because space in the places we are deploying
these systems is too tight.

Mark.