[j-nsp] Juniper vs Arista

[Mark Tinka]

On 14/Aug/18 10:30, Saku Ytti wrote:

> I know what you mean, but 'code is Cisco-like' may not be read as
> positive by every recipient. I think you more accurately mean 'CLI is
> like classic IOS'.

This... as in, "it's not much to learn". Very different under the hood,
obviously, but on top, it's not as foreign as coming from a Cisco world
into a Juniper one.


>
> ANET does not have much run way until they are forced to two image
> future, due to 64b control-planes. Not that I care about at all how
> many images vendors ship. Lot of it is just smoke and mirrors, like
> inflating single package with mostly useless content to make it seem
> like single image fits all.

Agreed.

> Perhaps in future it's all very small (<5 0M) net install image, then
> DEB/RPM all packages via local proxy to have functioning install for
> specific target, with specific forwarding engines.
Probably.

Mark.