Matt what you migrated to? gino
-----Original Message----- From: Matt Liotta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 7:29 PM To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cisco GSR Routers On Aug 12, 2008, at 6:51 PM, Scott Lambert wrote: >> > What if you figure in the cost of a year or three of trying to feed > the > GSRs enough amps to keep them passing packets and enough amps to the > air > conditioner to keep them from melting? > For us it is irrelevant. We would need a VXR with a NPE-G2, which already costs more than a GSR and is limited to 3 ports. Granted you can expand the VXR with additional ports, but those are expensive and have limited throughput. > There have to be reasons that at least one NYC ISP was trying, and > having some difficulty as I heard it, to give the GSRs away. > Most give them away because they don't scale well beyond 2.5Gbps. I know that is why we moved away. > Note: I do not know the current draw of a GSR vs the current draw of a > VXR. But I have seen the power supplies. > Depends on the line cards, but Ethernet cards use very little. I haven't had one use more than 15amps of DC. -Matt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
