[134983] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Is Cisco equpiment de facto for you?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Whynott)
Thu Jan 13 15:13:55 2011
From: Greg Whynott <Greg.Whynott@oicr.on.ca>
To: Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:13:06 -0500
In-Reply-To: <20110113194012.GD19019@hiwaay.net>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
at one shop were i considered using Juniper instead of a Cisco internet edg=
e router, the cost of the Juniper was so close to the Cisco it was a non c=
onsideration. The only reason we went with Cisco that time was due to th=
e fact most of the other gear was Cisco, and it seemed to make more sense =
to stay with cisco instead of introducing a new vendor/methods into the mix=
without good reason.
The hardware alone was cheaper than the Cisco kit, but after we said we ne=
eded to hold a million BGP routes, the prices became very similar. Junipe=
r wants to license you on the amount of routes you intend to receive, if i=
remember correctly.
-g
On Jan 13, 2011, at 2:40 PM, Chris Adams wrote:
> Once upon a time, Michael Ruiz <mruiz@lstfinancial.com> said:
>> I like Cisco personally and they are cheaper than
>> buying a Juniper. For example a M-series is always going to cost some
>> bucks after you factor the FPC and the PICS that need to be loaded.
>
> We didn't find that to be the case, after you factor in all the Cisco
> pieces that need to be loaded as well. Both make modular routers, so I
> don't see how saying that one requires modules is a valid argument.
>
> --
> Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net>
> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
> I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
>
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