router lifetime

Sun Oct 3 01:27:32 UTC 2010

If you can do a business case to support replacing routers every 3years you
doing much better then most.  IMO a router should last 5 yrs on the book,
but I expect to get more life then then from it.  You core today
is tomorrow's edge.  I've seen more then one network with 10 yo kit still
being used.

-jim

On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 10:22 PM, Brandon Kim <brandon.kim at brandontek.com>wrote:

>
> Well a lot of routers even 3 years ago support IPv6. You can dual-stack
> pretty much any router today if you have
> the right IOS. But I do understand your concern, if you want to future
> proof your purchase, I'd think any modern
> router today with a good support contract will take care of you for quite
> some time.
> Make sure it's not close to EOL.
>
> What kind of router are you considering? Is this for a large network? What
> are the network needs?
>
>
>
> > Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 17:09:20 -0700
> > From: franck at genius.com
> > To: nanog at nanog.org
> > Subject: Re: router lifetime
> >
> > I'm looking at various scenario, but basically it is looking at IPv6 in
> fact.
> >
> > It seems to me, that using a router/network appliance today for IPv6 will
> need to be replaced in 3 years or less.
> >
> > Looking at past, anything older than 3 years is not a viable solution for
> deploying IPv6.
> >
> > So I feel that routing/network appliance equipment have a life cycle
> similar to a PC, despite the fact as someone pointed out, they will run fine
> for many many years.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Heath Jones" <hj1980 at gmail.com>
> > To: "Franck Martin" <franck at genius.com>
> > Cc: nanog at nanog.org
> > Sent: Saturday, 2 October, 2010 4:34:40 PM
> > Subject: Re: router lifetime
> >
> > > How long do you keep a router in production?
> > > What is your cycle for replacement of equipment?
> >
> > Hi Franck
> >
> > It really depends on the type of network you are running, the rate at
> > which new features & bandwidth are required, and the availability of
> > software and hardware upgrades. Also, in a lot of cases it is vendor
> > driven - devices that are still very much in production are forced to
> > be replaced because of vendor product lifecycle and the phasing out of
> > support, even when serving their requirements well.
> >
> >
> > Care to elaborate a little more on your planned scenario?
> >
> >
> > Cheers
> > Heath
> >
>
>