> -----Original Message----- > From: cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp- > boun...@puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of David Kotlerewsky > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 9:08 AM > To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net > Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Router/switch recommendations for colocation > > Sooo, does it have to be Cisco??? > > I am currently helping a customer with a very similar situation, and I think > based on what you're trying to do here, you should look outside of what > Cisco can offer you. In my mind this is a perfect fit for a Brocade NetIron > CER 2000 switch/router. It can take in multiple BGP feeds, it has MPLS > features if needed, oh, and it's only a 1U box with RPSUs. Also, depending > in the actual model you choose to go with, I think you should be able to get > it cheaper than an ASR, and support costs are lower. Cisco 37XX switches are > really not data center grade for lack of memory/buffer space and MPLS/VPLS > features. I have customers running NetIrons in their cores as well as PoP PE > routers, and everything works as its supposed to. > > Just my $0.02 > > David.
>From the literature: The NetIron CER 2000 can store up to 512,000 IPv4 or 128,000 IPv6 unicast routes, enough to accommodate the full IPv4 Internet routing table today and provide a smooth migration path to IPv6. That is not going to hold you for very long, IMO. If you buy this box for BGP you are going to be doing a forklift upgrade in less than two years. Mike _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
