[109865] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: e300 vs mx240 for border router ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leslie)
Fri Dec 12 17:28:25 2008
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:27:57 -0800
From: Leslie <leslie@craigslist.org>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <4942D9A2.7090002@craigslist.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Thanks to everyone who wrote back privately --
I also didn't know that force10 now has dual-cam linecards which raises
the amount of routes it can handle
Leslie wrote:
> Hey nanog-izens
>
> So for routers that are touching our transit and (hopefully soon) future
> peering, we're looking at both the force10 e300's and juniper mx240's.
> The e300's are cheap but I have heard some rumors/talk of falling over
> when it has to deal with large numbers of prefixes and routes? The
> mx240's are nice but the cost difference is enormous. Does anyone have
> experience with e300's running into issues with large routing tables?
> Are there any tricks/tips that work around any issues (if they exist?)
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Leslie
