[130425] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: router lifetime
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brandon Kim)
Sat Oct 2 19:49:23 2010
From: Brandon Kim <brandon.kim@brandontek.com>
To: <hj1980@gmail.com>, <franck@genius.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 19:49:12 -0400
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTink1+JZMr9sPmK-1CBtHJaGj6U4_z5YQH6sOh7W@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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Don't have much to add other than Heath's response is pretty much what I wo=
uld have said.
It really all depends on your business needs as well as policy=2C or standa=
rds you need to meet....
> Date: Sun=2C 3 Oct 2010 00:34:40 +0100
> Subject: Re: router lifetime
> From: hj1980@gmail.com
> To: franck@genius.com
> CC: nanog@nanog.org
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> > How long do you keep a router in production?
> > What is your cycle for replacement of equipment?
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> Hi Franck
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> It really depends on the type of network you are running=2C the rate at
> which new features & bandwidth are required=2C and the availability of
> software and hardware upgrades. Also=2C in a lot of cases it is vendor
> driven - devices that are still very much in production are forced to
> be replaced because of vendor product lifecycle and the phasing out of
> support=2C even when serving their requirements well.
>=20
>=20
> Care to elaborate a little more on your planned scenario?
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> Cheers
> Heath
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