arista 7280R 7280SR-48C6 vs juniper MX Series MX204
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Arista 7280SR-48C6 is an enterprise 1U deep-buffer switch and edge router delivering 48 ports of 10GbE SFP+ and 6 ports of 100GbE QSFP28. The Juniper MX204 is an ultra-compact 1U fixed-configuration universal edge router delivering 400 Gbps of line-rate throughput powered by Juniper Trio 4 ASIC silicon.
| arista 7280R 7280SR-48C6 | juniper MX Series MX204 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | arista | juniper |
| Status | end-of-sale | current |
| Released | Mar 2016 | Oct 2017 |
| Form factor | 1U fixed switch | 1U fixed router |
| Ports | 48x 10GbE SFP+ and 6x 40G/100G QSFP28 ports | 4x 100GbE QSFP28 (or 40GbE QSFP+) and 8x 10GbE SFP+ ports |
| Switching capacity | 2.16 Tbps / 1.5 Bpps forwarding rate | 400 Gbps full-duplex wire-speed routing capacity |
| Packet buffer | 24GB deep packet buffer with Virtual Output Queueing | — |
| Routing scale | Full Internet BGP routing table support with Algorithmic ACLs | — |
| Form factor | 1U rack mount | 1U shallow-depth (9.5-inch depth) rack enclosure |
| Silicon | — | Juniper Trio 4 programmable packet forwarding engine |
| Features | — | Full internet BGP routing table scale, MPLS, Segment Routing, and EVPN support |
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