[66333] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: GSR, 7600, Juniper M?, oh my!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michel Py)
Wed Jan 7 23:14:32 2004
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 20:14:08 -0800
From: "Michel Py" <michel@arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us>
To: <jlewis@lewis.org>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> Jon Lewis wrote:
> Even comparing a VXR with NPE300 to a 7500 with RSP4
> and VIP2-50's, the 7206 will melt down and cease
> functioning properly on traffic levels the 7500
> handles without breaking a sweat.
Interestingly enough, the eBay prices reflect this: anything below an
RSP4 or a VIP2-50 is useless junk good only for home or lab; recently
bought a CX-EIP2 for $0.99 and a VIP2-40 for $50. CX-FSIPs and RSP2s go
for peanuts too.=20
However, a VIP2-50 or an RSP4 still go for 500 bucks a pop, which means
they are still worthy of a production environment.
As mentioned before, this is comparing apples and oranges anyway.
Although this is overly simplified, the bottom line is that the NPE in a
7206 needs to do the job of the RSP _and_ 3 VIPs; no wonder why it will
melt.
Michel.
