Hi All Thanks very much for all of the feedback provided, it has been really helpful
I was even reminded of an old presentation given by Tom Hill https://indico.uknof.org.uk/event/37/contributions/460/attachments/593/708/7600-preso-vay-deux.pdf Very helpful again, and I am looking very hard at the MX204-R and MX10003 devices Can anyone give a full difference between the MX204, MX204-IR and MX204-R, am I correct in assuming the MX204-R is the router with no restrictions. Cheers Andy From: Catalin Dominte <dominte...@gmail.com> Date: Tuesday, 27 July 2021 at 17:22 To: Charl Tintinger <ctintin...@gmail.com>, Andy Hunter <andy.hun...@itps.co.uk> Cc: uknof@lists.uknof.org.uk <uknof@lists.uknof.org.uk> Subject: Re: [uknof] Age Old Question - Juniper vs Cisco I can vouch for the MX960 SCB3 with MPC7E’s as a really really good workhorse. But again as it was mentioned before, it is always good to have a trustworthy support partner not just a sales company. Not sure on the Cisco side. :). Catalin ________________________________ From: uknof <uknof-boun...@lists.uknof.org.uk> on behalf of Charl Tintinger <ctintin...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2021 2:52:14 PM To: Andy Hunter <andy.hun...@itps.co.uk> Cc: uknof@lists.uknof.org.uk <uknof@lists.uknof.org.uk> Subject: Re: [uknof] Age Old Question - Juniper vs Cisco My 2p's worth.... Having spent a fair bit of cash with both vendors in recent years and trying to avoid the inevitable 'mud slinging', my advice is to find a good partner / reseller who can help decide. Someone who understands the products well. I'm not talking about box shifters, too many of them, very few add value. As ultimately very few can buy direct, I find that having a good partner, backed off to you and your own to eventually test, validate, kick and ultimately decide, is best. I can refer you to a company that I've worked with in the past and generally had great results, let me know offline if interested. Charl On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 2:41 PM Andy Hunter <andy.hun...@itps.co.uk<mailto:andy.hun...@itps.co.uk>> wrote: Hi All I know I have seen this question posted before, and have seen various responses, I just wanted to check if anything had changed with advice. We are upgrading our network to accommodate 100Gb, and are replacing our existing Cisco infrastructure, whilst investigating this we have been seduced with the power vs capability of the Juniper vs Cisco Question. For us this is between Juniper MX480 / 960 Premium models vs Cisco ASR 9006. My question is twofold – What are other people using, and have you got any gotchas to keep an eye out for, and, are we missing any other vendors. 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