[64749] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybodyu
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (matt@petach.org)
Fri Oct 31 20:54:15 2003
To: cmartin@gnilink.net (Martin, Christian)
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 17:53:23 -0800 (PST)
Cc: stephen@sprunk.org ('Stephen Sprunk'),
dgolding@burtongroup.com ('Daniel Golding'),
nanog@merit.edu ('North American Noise and Off-topic Gripes')
In-Reply-To: <94B9091E1149D411A45C00508BACEB3505A07FFA@entmail.gnilink.net> from "Martin, Christian" at Oct 31, 2003 11:49:42 AM
From: matt@petach.org
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Recently, cmartin@gnilink.net (Martin Christian) wrote:
> Things are getting better, but "L3-switches" pale in comparison to today's
> high-end routers on almost all fronts. If you take GigE out of the
> equation, modern "L3 Switches" are just as expensive as modern "core
> routers" - and routable, "mpls-able" L3 GE ports are _more_ expensive on
> "switches" than "routers" (see 4xGE OSM vs 4xGE GSR 'tetra' pricing). Media
*cough* Please do note, however, that the overall capacity
of the cards being compared should also be considered.
Remember, the 4xGE GSR "tetra" card is a 2.5 gig OC48
engine, so your gig ports are rather oversubscribed.
Just making sure apples get compared to like-sized apples :)
Matt
A very, VERY happy user of OSRs for quite some time.
