> The other RE option to consider is the RE-800, if you can afford it. > This gives more CPU grunt than the old RE-5.0, and also comes with 1.5GB > of RAM by default.
Yes. We only buy RE-850 for our M7i routers these days. > > > - From performance view, how much does a M10i differ from m7i? > > > > M7i is 3.2 Gbps full duplex for its 4 PIC slots, plus up to 1 Gbps > full duplex for the FIC (onboard) slot. So up to 4.2 Gbps, plus whatever > you can push through the builtin tunnel PIC. > > > > M10i is 6.4 Gbps full duplex for its 8 PIC slots. If you need a tunnel > PIC, it counts against these 6.4 Gbps. > > > > While this may be the theory, I'm not convinced of this in practice. The > M7i has exactly the same CFEB board as the M10i, and the REs available > are the same, so I think that the actual performance should be pretty > similar. > > The difference, of course, is that in the M7i you can only ever occupy a > maximum of 6 of the 8 available PIC slots. Precisely - which is why the M10i will give you a *bit* more than the M7i, but certainly not double the capacity (which is easy to believe given the marketing). > The M10i's main advantage is its redundancy - there is a lot of peace of > mind to be had from having 2 REs and 2 CFEBs available in critical > systems. Fully agree here. We find that M7i will cover our needs well in most locations, and only in a few places do we need the M10i. The M7i with RE-850 and onboard GigE is a really sweet little box. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
