[187543] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Low density Juniper (or alternative) Edge
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Hammett)
Sat Feb 6 16:45:49 2016
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2016 15:45:44 -0600 (CST)
From: Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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I encourage my competitors to scoff at the secondary market. :-)
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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
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Midwest-IX
http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh Reynolds" <josh@kyneticwifi.com>
To: "David Bass" <davidbass570@gmail.com>
Cc: "Cameron Ferdinands" <cameron@jferdinands.com>, nanog@nanog.org
Sent: Saturday, February 6, 2016 3:41:50 PM
Subject: Re: Low density Juniper (or alternative) Edge
Newer, more expensive, more bugs. 4500 is cheap on the secondary market.
On Feb 6, 2016 3:38 PM, "David Bass" <davidbass570@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, on the list...well the 4600 is since it's somewhat the replacement
> to the 4500/4550.
>
> On Feb 6, 2016, at 1:55 PM, Josh Reynolds <josh@kyneticwifi.com> wrote:
>
> Why not consider an EX4500?
> On Feb 6, 2016 12:24 PM, "Cameron Ferdinands" <cameron@jferdinands.com>
> wrote:
>
>> If you need high-er density 10GE. Consider an Juniper ACX5048.
>>
>> Great edge box, MPLS features, it's essentially just a QFX with
>> repartitioned CAM / some tricks to get the most out of the Trident II
>> chipset.
>>
>> Won't do a bunch of things, so make sure it's exactly what you need or
>> you'll burn yourself YMMV.
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 9:50 AM Dan Spataro <dspataro@corp.nac.net> wrote:
>>
>> > Depending on your interpretation of full MPLS stack, you can look into
>> the
>> > Brocade CES.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of David Bass
>> > Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2016 4:04 PM
>> > To: nanog@nanog.org
>> > Subject: Low density Juniper (or alternative) Edge
>> >
>> > Looking to see what others are using out there as an alternative to a
>> > Cisco ME3600X? Also, what other vendors out there are playing in this
>> space?
>> >
>> > Need a full MPLS stack.
>> >
>>
>
