For a given port count > 8, MPC 3D 16x 10GE is cheaper than the alternative configurations that yield a similar count. So when driven by 10Gbe density considerations (or linecard count) you're going to end up with MPCs.
joel On 8/25/11 09:40 , Jeff Richmond wrote: > My personal opinion is that it depends on the situation. If you want any of > the higher density cards or any of the newer interfaces you are going to have > to go MPC. We have a large number of MXs of varying size and I made the > decision to remain DPC based as opposed to mix-chassis (as I couldn't justify > ditching the large number of DPCs we have now). However, we are evaluating > the MX for a different role that requires MPCs so we'll look at that, but > only as an MPC-only unit. Unless something drastically changes, I can't ever > see us moving to a mixed DPC/MPC MX just because it is asking for pain based > on interop issues thus far (and widely discussed here previously). > > Regards, > -Jeff > > On Aug 25, 2011, at 9:23 AM, Vladislav A. VASILEV wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> I am in process of procuring new hardware and I've got a question. If you >> were to go for MX480 would you order it with MPCs or DPCs. Also if your >> network were to have MX80s as well which are Trio based would that influence >> the decision on choosing either MPCs or DPCs for the MX480s? >> >> Regards, >> Vladislav A. VASILEV >> _______________________________________________ >> juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net >> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp > > _______________________________________________ > juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp > _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
