Josh, I like the whitebox route, but I can't find anything that will come close price wise.
Example, Huawei S6720 with 24 10G ports, 2 40G ports, and full MPLS operating system from Huawei is $3500 out the door with a lifetime warranty. I can't even find a whitebox hardware, not even accounting for the OS, that is close to that price. Most 48 Port 10G with 6 40G uplinks (so double this huawei unit) are in the $5k range, and then you have to buy an operating system costing a couple more grand. Choices are limited on whitebox operating systems that support MPLS. There might be some FibeStore models that come close to this price, but FS.com is a Chinese company too, so that's no better than ZTE or Huawei. On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 7:34 AM, Josh Reynolds <j...@kyneticwifi.com> wrote: > Why not just go the whitebox route and pick your NOS of choice? > > Far cheaper, and far more flexible. > > On Fri, Apr 20, 2018, 7:28 AM Colton Conor <colton.co...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Of the two large Chinese Vendors, which has the better network operating >> system? Huawei is much larger that ZTE is my understanding, but larger >> does >> not always mean better. >> >> Both of these manufactures have switches and routers. I doubt we will use >> their routing products anytime soon, but the switching products with MPLS >> are what we are exploring. Price wise both of these vendors seem to have >> 10G MPLS capable switches that are a 1/4 of the price of a Cisco or >> Juniper >> wants to charge. >> >> On the Huawei side looks like the S6720 is a fit. >> On the ZTE side, it looks like the ZXR10 5960 Series is a fit. >> >> Has anyone had experience with either of these two switches? How do they >> compare? >> >> Also, for each independent brand, is their switching network operating >> system the same as their routing network operating system that their >> routers run? >> >
