> > I would be interested in seeing, say, a 7609-GSR or better yet 7609-T640 > bakeoff. I think that would prove 2 things - 1) you get what you pay for, > and 2) purpose-built routers are still better at routing heavy loads with > diverse media. Sure, the loaded 640 will be more expensive, but it will > most definitely knock the power supplies off the 7609 in general > performance. Perhaps the SUP-720 will change that - I look forward to > seeing it in our lab, where I may be reconvinced... >
If you check out the PDF at this URL: www.eantc.de/press/pressreleases/sep03/EANTC-Summary-Report-Cisco-GigE-Catal yst6500-Supervisor720.pdf (I am sure its available elsewhere) You might be surprised about the SUP720 vs T640 performance for general routing loads. Obviously if you have a lot of WAN interfaces the 7600/6500 just doesn't have all of them, but this performance analysis seemed reasonably complete. I have not seen a similar one for the T640. Deepak Jain AiNET
