Make sure that the new 10 GiGE line cards are not in your plans if you choose the SUP32. This holds for some of the other copper and fiber line cards where line card buffer capacity may be critical to effective throughput. Some new line cards only connect to the 720 Gig backplane. -----Original Message----- From: Bill Blackford [mailto:BBlackford@nwresd.k12.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 11:18 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: SUP720 vs. SUP32 Anyone have any experience with SUP32? Please contact me off list. I'm trying to evaluate a lower-cost alternative to the 720-3bxl. I'm only pushing a few hundred megs of traffic, exchanging a few routes with less than 20 peers and don't see the need for a 720's worth of throughput in the near future. Can the 32 handle a full table? How does the MFSC2A compare to the MFSC3? V6 support? Thank you. -- Bill Blackford Senior Network Engineer my /home away from home