Cisco CRS-1 vs Juniper 1600 vs Huawei NE5000E

Fri Aug 3 21:06:53 UTC 2007

On Fri, 3 Aug 2007, Robert Boyle wrote:
> At 02:17 AM 8/3/2007, you wrote:
>> Hi,, group
>>
>>   I need some help.
>>
>>    Which equipment is better ( perfomance, availability,
>> scalability, features, Support, and Price ($$$) ) ???
>>
>>   Some experience in the real life ????
>
> Dependent on your interface needs, if GigE, 10G, (40G & 100G in the future) 
> and POS are all you need, include the Foundry XMR in your eval too. Very 
> solid software and excellent support at a price point which is significantly 
> lower than C & J. I don't know the pricing for H.

Any experiences of Foundry routing w/ more complex protocols (PIM, 
MSDP, various IPv6 stuff)?

The last time we tried running non-C/J as a router was a very Extreme 
experience and we swore never again to touch similar router underdogs 
in the future.

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