[j-nsp] MX960 vs MX10K

[Mark Tinka]

On 5/Mar/20 05:32, Chris Kawchuk wrote:

> Just to chime in --- for scale-out, wouldn't you be better offloading those MS-MPC functions to another box? (i.e. VM/Dedicated Appliance/etc..?).
>
> You burn slots for the MSMPC plus you burn the backplane crossing twice; so it's at worst a neutral proposition to externalise it and add low-cost non-HQoS ports to feed it.
>
> or is it the case of limited space/power/RUs/want-it-all-in-one-box? and yes, MS-MPC won't scale to Nx100G of workload.

And along that line, are the services the OP needs on the MS-MPC not
available natively in the MX10000/960/480/240 line cards?

Mark.