On Monday 24 March 2008, user user wrote:
Hi everybody!
Hello.
Also I'd love to hear recommendatios for "budget" 10GE routers. The "budget" router would be used to hook up client networks through one 10GE interface and connect to different transit providers through two 10GE interfaces.
Today, from Cisco, the smallest router you'll get a 10Gbps Ethernet port on is the Cisco ASR1000 series. Mind you, though, FCS for this box isn't until about May. Also, this box is oversubscribed as the current switch fabric is 10Gbps. From Juniper, the smallest M-series box you'll get the same port on is the M120 platform. You could also look at smaller switches from both vendors, but if you plan on taking full BGP feeds from your upstream providers, this might be an issue. Cheers, Mark.