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On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Tom <bifr...@minions.com> wrote: > On Thu, 3 Jun 2010, Adam LaFountain wrote: > >> If anyone out there has any pro/con experience with the Force10 E1200i or >> S50 in a large environment I'd really appreciate your thoughts. >> > > Those are totally different animals, they don't even run the same code :) > E1200 is a large chassis switch, S50N/V are 1U stackables. One can actually > do (tables/mpls) IP routing, one can't; Basically one is decent for core, > one for server agg. > > > I'm comparing them against the Juniper EX8200 and EX4200 respectively and >> curious about hardware/software stability on both brands. >> > > It really depends on what you're looking for... The EX series is a great > L2/L3 switch, but likely you'd end up wanting MX in core if you're going the > Juniper direction. IMHO Juniper is faster and more responsive in > releasing updates if that matters. > > I've seen Juniper eat F10's lunch more than once recently, so you should > probably figure out what you want first before you get in too deep :) > > -Tom > > >
