[66257] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: GSR, 7600, Juniper M?, oh my!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michel Py)
Tue Jan 6 23:10:11 2004
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 20:09:36 -0800
From: "Michel Py" <michel@arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us>
To: "Richard A Steenbergen" <ras@e-gerbil.net>,
"Alex Rubenstein" <alex@nac.net>, "bcm" <bcm@inkline.com>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> Richard A Steenbergen wrote:
> I already have a very nice empty M160
> chassis for a chair at the colo,
I don't like it for a chair, too high (29"); A 7500 is a lot better for
that use. It's really nice as a heater too, particularly a dual AC
loaded with legacy blades. Other possible uses for a 7500 include a
temperature sensor
(http://arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us/mrtg/router-temp.html).
My views on the original question:
Cisco vs. Juniper: Whatever some people might say, everyone that uses
both will tell you that the real picture is not Cisco=3D100% crap and
Juniper=3D100% perfect :-) Besides, if you're a Cisco shop it's hard to
find sound arguments to have only one or two Junipers (common business
sense: twice the training, each one rejecting responsibility on the
other, more difficult to find JunOs experts than IOS experts, etc...).=20
7600 vs. GSR: These are not the same boxes. There is stuff that the 7600
won't do, but there's also stuff that the GSR won't do in terms of
aggregating a bunch of disparate links together.
Michel.
