[187498] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Low density Juniper (or alternative) Edge
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Bass)
Tue Feb 2 19:01:07 2016
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From: David Bass <davidbass570@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <56B12B78.5060402@ceriz.fr>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 19:01:02 -0500
To: =?utf-8?Q?J=C3=A9r=C3=B4me_Nicolle?= <jerome@ceriz.fr>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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Thanks to all that have replied!
Yes, I just started looking at the ASR9xx series of routers as well...seems l=
ike a likely alternative if we go with Cisco.=20
> On Feb 2, 2016, at 5:19 PM, J=C3=A9r=C3=B4me Nicolle <jerome@ceriz.fr> wro=
te:
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> Hi David,
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> Le 02/02/2016 22:03, David Bass a =C3=A9crit :
>> Looking to see what others are using out there as an alternative to a Cis=
co ME3600X?
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> I'd rather use the ASR920, the ME3600X is too deep to fit in some PoPs.
> It also has a higher 10G port count.
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> Alternatively, on low cost deployments, I used Mikrotik CCR1016-12S-1S+.
> Lower density, though.
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> For higher 10G density, I like the Juniper EX4550. But when you have to
> stick to a limited number of vendors, I guess you could consider the
> Catalyst 6840 line. Never had one to play with, though.
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> I'm currently evaluating another alternative : the Nokia-Alcatel-Lucent
> ISAM 7360FX chassis (4 to 16 slots) with either P2P (36 client lines per
> slot) or PON (up to 16 ports/slot), and a Mikrotik CCR1072 right behind
> to encapsulate L2 circuits. It's, by far, the denser and cheapest way to
> provide more than a few hundred 100M-1Gbps circuits per PoP.
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> Best regards,
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> --=20
> J=C3=A9r=C3=B4me Nicolle
