On Tuesday, July 02, 2013 04:50:43 PM Saku Ytti wrote: > MX104 has faster QorIQ core and 4GB DRAM.
Althought I'd have been happier to see a 1U MX switch-router from Juniper, the MX104 is a reasonably welcome chassis, particularly if you're looking at mixed Ethernet and non- Ethernet (mostly non-Ethernet) deployments in the edge. I'm talking STM-1/OC-3, STM-4/OC-12, STM-16/OC-48, that type of thing. Low-speed ports are quite a waste in a chassis with this much muscle, but if you want to stick them without completely feeling raped, the MX104 is not such a bad compromise, all things considered. We've mostly looked at Cisco's ASR1006 for this, but the MX104 is now a considerable answer to that platform. The only problem will be that Cisco SPA's are way cheaper than Juniper MIC's, particularly if you buy them on the grey market (making them quite available in the wild for peanuts). And if you've come from a Cisco chassis that needed them (think SIP carriers cards on the Cisco 6500, 7600, XR 12000, e.t.c.), then you'd be remiss not migrate them to an ASR1000. Nonetheless, a mighty effort from Juniper. Those on-board 10Gbps Ethernet ports will certainly give the ASR1000 something to think about, although if you're mostly using an ASR1000 or MX104 for non-Ethernet terminations in the edge, you're unlikely to ever feel constrained on 1x or even 2x 10Gbps uplinks into the core, never mind 4x. Cheers, Mark.
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