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

[Saku Ytti]

On 2 May 2016 at 13:35, Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu> wrote:

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

You stated 'that could do everything the larger MX chassis could'.
Trio/EZchip are run-to-completion/high-touch/NPU and can do anything,
you're only limited by time (eventually there is watchdog which will
kill PPE running too long).

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

Sure, but not on EZchip, not a fair comparison.

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