26 Mar
2008
26 Mar
'08
11:57 a.m.
On Wednesday 26 March 2008, Robert Boyle wrote:
Even with their specialized hardware platform, bus, and extensive tuning, they only get 10Gb/s throughput on the dual or quad 10G modules. However you can do 100,000 line ACLs at that speed. It is built for a different application than core routing. However, an XMR or Sup720 will still be a lot cheaper...
The chassis and switch fabric would generally be affordable (it'd normally be a bundle). It's the cost of the 10-Gig-E line cards that is the enemy. Mark.