The original 7000s (with SP if anyone remebers that beast) were slower even that AGS/+ ... 7000s are probably the worst-designed piece of hardware from Cisco. The only benefit of replacing AGS/+ es at the time 7000 was introduced was that some smarthead designed AGS/+ w/o enough address leads, so they topped at 16Mb of RAM. --vadim PS Longevity-speaking - it is not technology which really matters, it is architecture. You can buy a box now which you can still be using 10 years later, given the exponential traffic growth. Won't cost you arm and leg, too. On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Daniel Golding wrote:
There is also a point that many folks may be missing. The 7200 and 7500 routers, while ubiquitious, are not new models. These are 5 year-old devices, which have been progressively retrofitted with new CPUs, and are based on even older technology.
There have been assertions made that telco equipment is expected to last for 20 years - this is true. However, we are at a much later stage in the maturity of voice phone switches. It will take a few more (albeit costly) cycles of equipment replacement for routers to last anywhere near that long. However, for computing equipment, the 7xxx class of routers has aged quite well. How many of us are running with 5 year-old PCs on our desks? Now, contrast this to how many of us have 7200s or 7500s in our networks...
- Dan