Hi, On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 09:36:59AM +0200, Hank Nussbacher wrote: > I am looking for a router (not switch) recommendation (upgrade from > 7204VXR). Have considered the ASR1004 but a bit too expensive. Need now 2 > ports of 10GigE and 4 ports of 1GE with the ability to add in the future 2 > more 10GigE ports and 4 more 1GE ports. What would you recommend?
This is a difficult territory. "Routers" with 10GE ports tend to be
horribly expensive.
If the caveats are OK with you, a 6504/Sup720-10G/6408A-GBIC might fit
the bill (2x 10G, 8x GE *on the shared bus* - alternately with a 6516A-GBIC,
which can use the fabric).
Drawbacks are: slow CPU (for BGP things), global VLAN space, netflow
restrictions (if you have lots of short flows, netflow TCAM will overflow),
smaller buffers on the line cards than with a "real router".
Advantage is "dirt cheap as compared to a Real Router".
gert
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