Re: Cost per prefix [was: request for help w/ ATT and terminology]

[Jon Lewis <jlewis () lewis org>]

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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