[j-nsp] RE-S-X6-64G-BB

[Colton Conor]

Besides swapping the inter processor out for a new one, and adding more and
faster ram, is there really any other big differences?

On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 11:44 AM, Michael Still <stillwaxin at gmail.com>
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> On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 12:31 PM, Colton Conor <colton.conor at gmail.com>
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>> Assuming we are not going to be using these new RE's to load any 3rd party
>> software on them, the RE-S-X6-64G-BB will just be a quicker processor with
>> more ram compared to an older RE right? Are there any other benefits?
>> Juniper is offering the RE-S-X6-64G-BB for the same price as
>> the RE-S-1800X4-32G. Not sure why one would not go with the new RE with
>> more ram?
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> Couple reasons. First is that this is pretty shiny new product and it's a
> good idea to expect bugs to be found in it. Second is that it requires you
> to run much newer / less well baked code than a lot of people are
> comfortable with in their networks. Combine these two and there's going to
> be lots of hesitation on these for 6 months or so. The 1800 has been a real
> workhorse on this platform for a few years now and has proven to be a
> pretty good RE and still good for the majority of the uses cases out there.
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