[AusNOG] Cisco ASR 1004 vs Juniper MX 80

[James Braunegg]

Hey guys,

We are looking at replacing two of our pop site's edge routers and after all the discussions this week on the Cisco 6500 platform on why/not to use it I thought this would be a nice follow up post.

Our requirements for this installation are simple: we want control and stability, and we only need 10 x 1 gb Ethernet interfaces max at this time.

We are looking at 4 x Cisco ASR 1004 would be configured with 2 x 5 port gig interface card (40GB total system capacity, 20Mpps)

Or

We are looking at 4 x Juniper MX 80 which comes with 48 x 1gb ports and 4 x 10gb ports (I believe)

Juniper markets the MX 80 as twice the performance at half the price (80GB total system capacity, 65Mpps)

The way I see it, it's now really a Cisco vs Juniper argument. Years ago I loved Juniper the SSG platform which was fantastic and never missed a beat, although the new Juniper SRX platform has left me really questioning Juniper on why they would release a platform with countless bugs and issues.

These Juniper issues have implanted fear in my mind and questioning if it's just a product line issue (i.e. the SRX) or a Juniper issue in general. But on paper the Juniper MX 80 looks fantastic!

I would really love to hear some technical information or even better field information on pros and cons for each platform, arguments both for and against each. I'm sure Cisco has their fair share of issues also... so let's discuss!

Kindest Regards


James Braunegg
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