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[Peter Marenbach <pmarenbach@yahoo.de>]

Hi,

we did not really a detailed comparison of both
systems, but I had at least a look at both. The short
summary is: the advantage of VPNSC is that it is
cheaper, the advantage of Orchestream is that it is
the better software.

The most often mentioned advantage of Orchestream is
that it supports multiple platforms. My impression is
that even if you have a Cisco only network, you will
benefit from the better internal data model
Orchestream implemented to be able to support
different vendors. I'm running VPNSC in a test
environment for half a year now and found that if
support of Cisco's own equipment is limited. E.g. it
supports only IOS routers. There is no way to easiliy
integrte support for other targets such as a RADIUS
server needed for Cisco's virtual homegateway feature.
Also, if you want to set special parameters like UBR
bandwidth for ATM sub-interfaces, this is extremly
difficult with VPNSC. Finally, VPNSC relies on IMHO
rather stange naming conventions, which make it
difficult for humans to understand a configuration
implemented by the system.

I would like to know if there are any productive
implementaions of VPNSC. I heard that multiple
providers started implementing VPNSC, but replaced the
system by Orchestream before actually putting it into
production.

Cheers,
Peter

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Lukman W. Kusuma [mailto:lukman@commverge.com]
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 7. August 2002 13:02
> An: mpls-ops@mplsrc.com
> Betreff: [MPLS-OPS]: Orchestream & Cisco's VPNSC
> comparison
> 
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Does anybody have done a comparison between
> Orchestream & Cisco's VPNSC ?
> If yes, is it something that can be shared here ?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Lukman
> 
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