Per FIB, CEFB-E is same as MX80's TRIO, either has 1M FIB for IPv4. Per RIB, Yes, MX80 will be more powerful than RE400 or RE850.
On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Richard A Steenbergen <r...@e-gerbil.net>wrote: > On Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 12:01:18AM -0600, TCIS List Acct wrote: > > No, we are not spaced constrained. > > > > I forgot to mention we are looking to spend as little money as possible, > > and are OK with older gear :-) We've got 4 M7i's at the edge in > production > > now and could probably buy a few more to use for this, but the # of Gig-E > > interfaces in the M7i might constrain us eventually (will not be a > > throughput constraint at all). > > > > Maybe a M10i or even some of the J-series might work? These devices will > > be gateway devices for our distribution switches and not sit at the edge > of > > the network. They just need to be able to hold at least a full routing > > table (when I said 4 full tables before, that was the # of upstreams we > > take routes from, but I know we have only ~300K or so routes actually > > active in the router) > > Existing M7i/M10i boxes are pretty darn old, and IMHO are getting very > close to the end of their useful lifespans. Even with the new CFEB-E > boards (which bring I-chip capabilities and put the old ABC-chip design > out to pasture), RE-400 or even an upgraded RE-850 are not exactly > modern or stellar performers on the control-plane, especially given the > rate that JUNOS is bloating itself. For about the same price as a > redundant M10i with 4xGE you could wait and get an MX80 with 4x10GE and > 48x10/100/1000, and have a throughly modern platform which is FAR more > likely to still be useable in 2-5 years from now. Unless you're putting > this up against a $4k ebay special, you should really be far better off > buying an MX80 when they come out. > > -- > Richard A Steenbergen <r...@e-gerbil.net> http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras > GPG Key ID: 0xF8B12CBC (7535 7F59 8204 ED1F CC1C 53AF 4C41 5ECA F8B1 2CBC) > _______________________________________________ > juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp > -- BR! James Chen _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp