On 5 May 2017 at 01:04, c b <bz_siege_01@hotmail.com> wrote: Hey,
The ASR9k is certainly up to the task and it's one of the few we looked at initially, but the pricing is nowhere near commodity even if we got a minimal build.
What is commodity? Where are you comparing it to which satisfies your requirements?
As far as volume, the initial purchase for this round of budget will be an HA pair. If the solution works well, we have potential to replace 12 or so throughout FY17, maybe into FY18.
Yeah sales droids likely won't be interested in 2 at all. But if you commit on those 12, even if you'll order them separately. I think that's something sales droid will care about, and you'll have negotiation leverage as you can keep bouncing between several vendors seeing who gets your business. You should really expect at least 70% discount on 12 units, 80% would be good. Under 70% would be walk out the room. -- ++ytti