I certainly agree they have very different applications, and hopefully that will help those looking for this kind of insight.
On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Saku Ytti <s...@ytti.fi> wrote: > On (2012-01-20 09:50 -0700), PC wrote: > >> 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. > > ASR1002 list price is 18kUSD, MX5 list price is 29.5kUSD. Upgrade license > for MX5 -> MX80 literally costs more than new MX80 (with all but jflow > license, two psu and 20SFP MIC) > > Sure MX5 will do line rate on 20 SFP ports, vastly more than ASR1002, but > this is little consolation if you need high touch services such as NAPT, > IPSEC etc. So applications for these boxes are quite different. > > -- > ++ytti >
