My $0.02 is that I have worked with the EX4200 VCs since they were first released and they have proved to work very well indeed. This includes first hand installation / management and also from a service support aspect.
I have also worked with mixed VCs and these have worked extremely well too. I'm currently looking at the EX4300 option for a campus re-design and this looks like a nice upgrade from the EX4200 - CAM wise as well as backplane throughput. I've never used another vendors equipment deployed in a similar manner so can't really compare them, but I'd certainly recommend the Juniper solution. HTH, Graham On 10 October 2013 05:25, Bill Blackford <bblackf...@gmail.com> wrote: > Capacity: Looking at the published numbers, a 4200 VC shows 128Gbps. 4300 > shows 320Gbps (this may be the same with the latest Cisco 3800 series). > > Functionality: I've had really good success with my GRES testing on a > Juniper VC. The Master and Backup nodes are handled as FPC's in the same > manner that Master and Backup RE's are handled with chassis routers. The > route process appears to be running on both. Forcing a route engine switch > dropped no packets (that I was able to notice). I have not done these tests > with Cisco, especially the latest 3700, 3800's. They may behave in a > similar manner, nor have I done extensive testing and comparison with > either vendor's implementation. > > For me, just having both nodes of a two-switch VC act in a familiar manner > with that of chassis routers, makes managing them much more comforting. > > > > > On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 5:09 AM, Phil Bedard <phil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > The 4500 has a newer module with 64Gbps bi-directional links. The 4550 > > you can use two of the modules to get the 256 number. > > > > Phil > > > > > On Oct 9, 2013, at 3:29 AM, "Georgios Vlachos" < > g.vlac...@kestrel-is.gr> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Juniper VC is 32 Gbps per link (2), hence 64 Gbps full duplex actually. > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: juniper-nsp [mailto:juniper-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net] On > > Behalf Of > > > Maarten van der Hoek > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 9:41 AM > > > To: 'Phil Fagan'; 'R S' > > > Cc: 'juniper-nsp' > > > Subject: Re: [j-nsp] VC question > > > > > > The Junos is of course a big plus... > > > > > > However next to this the Thoughput should be higher with the Junipers! > > > > > > As far as my info goes (not much Cisco equipment over here / sorry) > they > > go > > > up to 64 Gps where Juniper can go up to 128 Gbps (EX4200) and EX4550 up > > even > > > to 256 Gbps. > > > > > > Would of course be interesting to hear if somebody has prove for these > > > figures?... :-) > > > > > > Brgds, > > > > > > Maarten > > > > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > > > Van: juniper-nsp [mailto:juniper-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net] Namens > > Phil > > > Fagan > > > Verzonden: woensdag 9 oktober 2013 4:37 > > > Aan: R S > > > CC: juniper-nsp > > > Onderwerp: Re: [j-nsp] VC question > > > > > > Pro=junos > > > Con=nonjunos > > > > > > :-) > > >> On Oct 8, 2013 10:05 AM, "R S" <dim0...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Is anybody > > >> able to tell me which are the very technical pro and cons between > > >> Juniper VC solution (vccp) against Cisco stack (Stackwise?) and Huwaei > > >> stack > > >> (iStack?) solutions ? > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Tks > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > > -- > Bill Blackford > > Logged into reality and abusing my sudo privileges..... > _______________________________________________ > juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp > -- Graham Brown Twitter - @mountainrescuer <https://twitter.com/#!/mountainrescuer> LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/grahamcbrown> _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp