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

[Mark Tinka]

On 2/May/16 22:39, Saku Ytti wrote:

> 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).

Of course you can't compare a Metro-E box to a large chassis-based box
one-for-one.

The ASR920 and ME3600X/3800X can do everything a larger Cisco router can
do except a few things like hold a full BGP table in FIB (for which
there is a workaround), have dual control planes, e.t.c. The stuff that
cannot be done is not important enough to influence a buying decision on
my part, given the functional requirements.

So I still attain my goal without sacrificing much that I cannot deal
with another way.

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

Well, the Cisco chips on these boxes are in-house chips. So far, they
have met my requirements. So perhaps not fair, considering how much you
are getting in a small box at a much lower price that, for some reason,
other vendors simply can't hack.

Mark.