Okay so compare the Arista fixed box to the ASR9902. I think you'll find that the pricing is 2:1
Thanks! -Drew -----Original Message----- From: Ted Pelas Johansson <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 5, 2025 3:52 AM To: Gert Doering <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected]; Drew Weaver <[email protected]>; Gert Doering <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Recommendation for Cisco router with Full BGP Route > On 5 Mar 2025, at 16:53, Gert Doering <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, >> On Wed, Mar 05, 2025 at 07:52:42AM +1000, Ted Pelas Johansson wrote: >> The downside with Arista, at this point, is that they lack a pay as you grow >> (PayG) model, which is a must for an SP. > > Well... if you compare the Arista boxes to Cisco PayG (like the NCS > 5700), you pay the same price for the Arista as for the first 3 ports > on Cisco, and get the remaining 37 for free... > > So... *shrug* > > gert That's normally the result you would get from comparing apples and pears... A modular chassis will never be cheaper than a fixed box, regardless of vendor. /Ted _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
