Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)Pricing

COst should be reduced 10 G physical interfaces should be added … industries as it is quite expensive. … Positive:No need to purchase complex and expensive replication Negative:

need to purchase complex and expensive host-based replication Negative ROI because the upgraded 10G routers are very expensive, both upfront and long-term … 7K (reaching EoL and expensive) and the Catalyst 8500-series, which was brand new. Lots … High cost Not enough…

bit dated. License changes can be painful to implement. Licensing can be expensive.

Positive of ASR 1000 is its cost effectiveness as a WAN aggregation router providing 10G-100G interface limited

Cost may be prohibitive for some

physical space, require less cooling and less power consumption at a lower cost. However, they cannot process information at the same efficiency as a Cisco

The router flexibility and cost have far outpaced other hardware.

environment with real-time lossless data ask with a multitude of complexity. Though cost needs to be kept in mind at first, given the longevity of Cisco, it's not … line interface could be made better with adding more Unix shell features. Cost could be a major concern if the desired throughput is not achieved. For video … environment with real-time lossless data ask with a multitude of…

better support for programmability. Cisco’s pricing is relatively high. No one pays list price, so list prices are very high and can be off putting at first … the business is small, Cisco may be more power and expense that can be afforded or is required. It depends on the business needs and complexity of the … last a long time. Cisco also has a decent trade i…

In facilities where you have trained staff to support them. In price sensitive and low resourced use cases they are not as appropriate. When you need edge … edge or core routing they are the best in breed despite the cost overhead. … In facilities where yo…