RE: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybodyu sing GBICs?)

["Martin, Christian" <cmartin () gnilink net>]

Steinar,

Yes, the PL has pricing that has changed for us at least, and will be
changing for others as well.  Expect Tetra to be selling for less in short
time (if not already).  Looks as if the GE OSM has dropped in price too.  As
Deepak pointed out, YMMV based on application.  For me, I must look across
the gamut of services and cards, like 4-port OC-12c ATM, 4-port CHOC-12 to
DS1, 4x OC-48 ports, while considering chassis density, etc.

In the time I've spent with the 7609, and admittedly that has been fleeting,
I have come away disappointed more than impressed, but I have a wider array
of services to support.  For many applications, I think it is phenomenal -
for example, security services.  But those aren't core routing services.

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...

c




-----Original Message-----
From: sthaug () nethelp no [mailto:sthaug () nethelp no] 
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 4:08 PM
To: cmartin () gnilink net
Cc: nanog () merit edu
Subject: RE: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re:
Anybodyusing GBICs?)


> Things are getting better, but "L3-switches" pale in comparison to 
> today's high-end routers on almost all fronts.  If you take GigE out 
> of the equation, modern "L3 Switches" are just as expensive as modern 
> "core routers" - and routable, "mpls-able" L3 GE ports are _more_ 
> expensive on "switches" than "routers" (see 4xGE OSM vs 4xGE GSR 
> 'tetra' pricing).

In *my* Cisco GPL, 4GE-SFP-LC is listed at $75,000 while OSM-2+4GE-WAN+ is
listed at $44,000. But then I tend to think of the 6500/7600 as a router...

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug () nethelp no