As a data point, we built a state-wide MPLS network atop a 10-gig DWDM transport using MLX's. With a modest number of customers, no VRF's but lots of VLL's, and two feeds to ISP's taking full Internet routing from each, the MLX TCAM is *just barely* large enough to handle it all. It's the IPv4 routes from full peers being stored in CAM as a part of "Foundry Direct Routing" (otherwise known as static CAM mode) that consumes most of the hardware resources.
The XMR chassis and management modules are roughly the same price, but the line cards are considerably more expensive than the MLX line cards, presumably because they have so much more pricy TCAM. /cvk -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:foundry-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Lazuardi Nasution Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 12:37 PM To: foundry-nsp at puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [f-nsp] Significan Differents Between NetIron MLX dam NetIron XMR Very helpful opinion. Any suggestion of small scale MPLS switch/router which has Multi-VRF and NAT capability ? We just have small number of customers, so we just need small number of virtual routers. Thank you. > Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2007 11:46:11 -0500 > From: Robert Boyle <robert at tellurian.com> > Subject: Re: [f-nsp] Significan Differents Between NetIron MLX dam > NetIron XMR > To: "Lazuardi Nasution" <mrxlazuardin at gmail.com>, > foundry-nsp at puck.nether.net > Message-ID: <1196613972_83684 at mail1.tellurian.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > At 11:11 AM 12/2/2007, Lazuardi Nasution wrote: > >I couldn't found any significan differents between NetIron MLX dam > >NetIron XMR. It seems very identic on specification and with very > >little different of price. Any idea of the different ? > > There isn't much difference in price and they run the same software > images. However, in my personal opinion, you should buy the XMR. It > will hold twice the number of routes and although we are at over 250k > Internet routes today and the MLX will hold 512k (approx dependent on > how you slice up MPLS/IPv4/IPv6) routes and the XMR will hold approx > 1 million routes, the XMR will be usable for a longer time. This is > due to a larger CAM on all line cards and more RAM in the management > modules. You cannot upgrade an MLX to be an XMR. We have the XMRs and > have been very happy with them. We evaluated an MLX box in the > beginning, but bought the XMR. > > -Robert _______________________________________________ foundry-nsp mailing list foundry-nsp at puck.nether.net http://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/foundry-nsp
