[19765] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Alternative sources for Cisco memory?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Mayzurk)
Thu Sep 24 13:43:41 1998
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 09:59:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jeff Mayzurk <jeffm@eonline.com>
Reply-To: Jeff Mayzurk <jeffm@eonline.com>
To: jpt@networkcs.com
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
> > I received prices for upgrading RAM memory in both a Cisco 7000
> > and Cisco 7500. Ouch!
> >
> You sure can, most providers upgrade the memory on their ciscos with 3rd
> party RAM, the cisco stuff just cost to much. I dont know of "Cisco
> certified" memory dealers, but just buying decent RAM from any good vender
> should be fine.
Kingston makes RAM for Cisco, including the 7500. I don't know if it's
Cisco-approved (doubt it), but Kingston quality is generally good and it
costs less than half of what Cisco charges.
http://www.kingston.com/
-Jeff
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