On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, bcm wrote: > But where to go? The Cisco GSR platform seems a logical choice, but > their new 7600 series units are attractive for their cost.
7600's have all the craptacularity of 6500 switches, because thats what they are, I would reccomend against them. Buying GSR's is probably the right replacement for 7500's if you want to stick with Cisco. > Juniper may also have a place at this end of the processing spectrum. > I'd also like to ensure that the new platform supports doing CAR and > ACLs at line rate, given the client base. Then you'll be wanting J boxes then, cuz Cisco doesn't do that very well from my experience.