I just wanted to say thank you to all that posted feedback to this thread. Your insight has been incredibly helpful and has most certainly clarified many of the questions I had lingering.
Thanks again!! On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 4:23 PM, Randy Carpenter <rcar...@network1.net> wrote: > > The SRX line is nice for some uses, particularly with recent software updates > that have fixed things like using IPv6 on vlan interfaces. > > The SRX is not going to be the choice for an edge router that needs to do BGP > and/or 1 Gb/s+ of traffic. > > The SRX pretty much does everything in software, where the MX routes packets > in ASICs. > > SRX is great for a firewall box, or to be the edge for a small network. > > I do wish there was an even lower-end MX than the new MX5 (all hardware > routing, but ~$10k), as I would have many uses for such a thing in networks > that only have a few uplinks of ~1 Gb/s. I don't need 20 Gb of throughput for > that. But, if the budget allows for an MX5 (~$30k MSRP) or bigger, the MX > line is very nice. > > -Randy > > > ----- Original Message ----- >> Heh, I spent about 3mo evaluating/testing SRX's and I agree they had >> potential but left /a lot/ to be desired. >> >> -Jeremy >> >> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> wrote: >> >> > Sorry... I misspoke. My comments related to the SRX series and not >> > the MX. >> > >> > The MX is a fine product in my experience. >> > >> > Owen >> > >> > On Jun 25, 2011, at 10:03 PM, Howard Hart wrote: >> > >> > > >> > > We have a couple installed as our edge routers. >> > > >> > > Pluses - solid as a rock, easy to administer, and will take some >> > extremely high packet rates for relatively low cost (important for >> > us since >> > we use them for VoIP traffic). If you're approaching the capacity >> > of a 1GB >> > uplink, I highly recommend these as your first step to 10 GB. >> > > >> > > Minuses - careful on your MX80 version. The MX80-48T includes a >> > > built in >> > 48 port 1 GigE switch, but we've had compatibility issues with it >> > and other >> > vendors switches. The modular version that replaces the MX80-48T >> > costs quite >> > a bit more, but it does give you a lot more connection and >> > compatibility >> > options. >> > > >> > > Howard Hart >> > > >> > > On Jun 25, 2011, at 9:37 PM, "Ryan Finnesey" >> > <ryan.finne...@harrierinvestments.com> wrote: >> > > >> > >> I would love to know the same I am looking at the MX line as >> > >> well for a >> > >> new network build-out >> > >> >> > >> Cheers >> > >> Ryan >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> -----Original Message----- >> > >> From: Chris [mailto:behrnetwo...@gmail.com] >> > >> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 9:29 AM >> > >> To: nanog@nanog.org >> > >> Subject: What do you think about the Juniper MX line? >> > >> >> > >> Hello, >> > >> >> > >> I've been doing some research into using the MX line of Juniper >> > >> routers >> > >> and was interested in hearing people's experiences (the good, >> > >> bad, and >> > >> ugly). What do you like about them? What do you dislike? >> > >> Where are you putting them in your network? Where are you not >> > >> putting >> > >> them? Why? What other platforms would you consider and why? I >> > >> hope to >> > >> hear some candid responses, but feel free to respond privately >> > >> if you >> > >> need to. >> > >> >> > >> Thanks! >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> > >> >> > >
