Cost per prefix [was: request for help w/ ATT and terminology]
Jon Lewis
jlewis at lewis.org
Mon Jan 21 22:26:27 UTC 2008
On Mon, 21 Jan 2008, Joe Greco wrote:
> Given that the 3750 is not acceptable, then what exactly would you propose
> for a 48 port multigigabit router, capable of wirespeed, that does /not/
> hold a 300K+ prefix table? All we need is a model number and a price, and
> then we can substitute it into the pricing questions previously posed.
>
> If you disagree that the 7600/3bxl is a good choice for the fully-capable
> router, feel free to change that too. I don't really care, I just want to
> see the cost difference between DFZ-capable and non-DFZ-capable on stuff
> that have similar features in other ways.
If using the 7600/3bxl as the cost basis of "the upgrade", you might as
well compare it to the 6500/7600/sup2 or sup3b. Either of these would
likely be what people buying the 3bxls are upgrading from, in some cases
just because of DFZ growth/bloat, in others, to get additional features
(IPv6).
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