While the ASR1002 does offer more services, I generally disagree with some parts of this comparison.
Juniper has some very aggressive pricing on mx80 bundles license-locked to 5gb, which are cheaper and blow the performance specifications of the equivalent low end ASR1002 out of the water for internet edge BGP applications. Unlike the ASR, a simple upgrade license can unlock the boxes full potential. Just my opinion as a customer of both vendors... On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 1:14 AM, Saku Ytti <s...@ytti.fi> wrote: > On (2012-01-19 12:10 -0800), jon Heise wrote: > > > Does anyone have any experience with these two routers, we're looking to > > buy one of them but i have little experience dealing with cisco routers > > and zero experience with juniper. > > It might be because of your schedule/timetable, but you are comparing > apples to oranges. > > MX80 is not competing against ASR1k, and JNPR has no product to compete > with ASR1k. > MX80 competes directly with ASR9001. Notable differences include: > > ASR9001 has lot more memory (2GB/8GB) and lot faster control-plane > ASR9001 has 120G of capacity, MX80 80G > ASR9001 BOM is higher, as it is not fabricless design like MX80 (this > shouldn't affect sale price in relevant way) > ASR9001 does not ship just now > > As others have pointed out ASR1k is 'high touch' router, it does NAPT, > IPSEC, pretty much anything and everything, it is the next-gen VXR really. > > ASR9001 and MX80 both do relatively few things, but at high capacity. > > -- > ++ytti > >
