Arista 7280R 7280SE-64 vs Juniper MX Series MX104
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Arista 7280SE-64 is a 1U datacenter leaf and edge router engineered with an ultra-deep packet buffer architecture. The Juniper MX104 is an environmentally hardened 3.5U modular universal edge router engineered for space-constrained telecommunications central offices, mobile backhaul, and enterprise metro Ethernet aggregation.
| Arista 7280R 7280SE-64 | Juniper MX Series MX104 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Arista | Juniper |
| Status | end-of-sale | current |
| Released | Sep 2014 | Oct 2013 |
| Form factor | 1U fixed switch | 3.5U modular router |
| Ports | 48x 10GbE SFP+ and 4x 40GbE QSFP+ ports | — |
| Switching capacity | 1.28 Tbps / 960 Mpps | — |
| Packet buffer | 9 Gigabytes of deep dynamic packet buffering | — |
| Virtual output queueing | VOQ architecture with credit-based scheduling to prevent head-of-line blocking | — |
| Roles | Datacenter Interconnect (DCI), IP storage, Hadoop, and content distribution | — |
| Throughput | — | 80 Gbps full-duplex forwarding performance |
| Form factor | — | 3.5U rack-mounted environmentally hardened chassis |
| Fixed ports | — | 4x fixed 10GbE SFP+ ports |
| Mic slots | — | 4x Modular Interface Card (MIC) expansion bays |
| High availability | — | Dual redundant hot-swappable Routing Engines and redundant power modules |
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