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RE: What routers do folks use these days?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James Braunegg)
Tue Dec 10 05:15:40 2013
From: James Braunegg <james.braunegg@micron21.com>
To: Elliot Finley <efinley.lists@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 10:15:10 +0000
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+2 for Brocade MLXe we use them globally now for almost 3 years and are ver=
y happy with them !!
Brocade Rocks !! period !!
Kindest Regards
James Braunegg
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-----Original Message-----
From: Elliot Finley [mailto:efinley.lists@gmail.com]=20
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 9:29 AM
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Subject: Re: What routers do folks use these days?
+1 for Brocade MLXe. Good Price. Good stuff. Good TAC.
On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 1:19 AM, Fredy Kuenzler <kuenzler@init7.net> wrote:
> Am 29.11.2013 06:37, schrieb Jawaid Desktop:
> > We're a service provider, and we have a network full of Cat6509's.
> > We are finding that we are outgrowing them from the standpoint of=20
> > their ability to handle lots of large routing tables. Obviously=20
> > their switching capability is still superb but one of them with 20=20
> > peers is starting to groan a bit and RAM is going to be an issue=20
> > soon.
> >
> > What do people use these days? Our backbone needs in the next 2-3=20
> > years are going to be sub-100Gbps.
>
> Check the Brocade MLXe series. We (Init7 / AS13030) are using them and=20
> the previous XMR series for years and are happy with it. CLI is=20
> Cisco-look-and-feel, the software tree has a clear structure (unlike=20
> Cisco with hundreds of versions) and the TAC is willing to ssh into=20
> your gear to assist.
>
> --
> Fredy Kuenzler
>
> Init7 (Switzerland) Ltd.
> AS13030
> St. Georgen-Strasse 70
> CH-8400 Winterthur
> Twitter: @init7 / @kuenzler
> http://www.init7.net/
>
>
