Seconded. The MX80-48T is all line-rate. It uses ASICs/hardware on the forwarding plane.
-----Original Message----- From: juniper-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net [mailto:juniper-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Joel Jaeggli Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 3:25 PM To: Dermot Williams Cc: juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [j-nsp] MX80 throughput On May 15, 2011, at 2:29 PM, Dermot Williams wrote: > Hello list, > > I'm speccing out a replacement for our aging M10i platform. We're pulling > about 3.5Gbps in from our transit providers and sending about 0.5 out. I > expect to see this increase to around 10 inbound in the short-term and > possibly go to 20 over the next couple of years. > > I'm looking at the MX80 platform, specifically the model that has 48 > electrical GigE ports baked in as opposed to taking MICs. However I've been > told that this version doesn't have ASICs and does all of its forwarding in > software. Not sure who told you that. the mx80 has one pfe and no fabric (which it doesn't need because there's only one pfe), the 48t which is a fixed configuration box is no exception. > Does anyone have any thoughts on the real-world performance of this box? > Would it suffice for the traffic levels I'm talking about? it should be it's a step up from the m10i along virtually every dimension other than the ability to take wan interfaces. > Thanks, > > Dermot Williams > Imagine Communications Group Ltd. > -------------------------- > Sent using BlackBerry > _______________________________________________ > juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp > _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
