We are also working on a more powerful device, but it's not ready yet. Send your SFP suggestions with usage examples and requirements.
Suggestions:
* Cavium multi-core processor for crypto acceleration and hardware assisted packet processing
* 8x 1000baseT interfaces on the board, can act as full speed interfaces, or be "bridged" at full speed due to Cavium processor
* Stick on front label like the RB750 allowing Mikrotik to ship different configurations of the same base without having to make new case die's
* Flexible front mount interface module, allowing Mikrotik to ship the unit as just the base, or add:
- 8 x SFP
- 2 x SFP+
- 8 x 1000baseT
(Portwell do exactly this on a number of models)
* Redundant power supplies would be nice, even if there is just an exteral redundant power supply, (ala FortiGate 200B)
Why:
* Mikrotik is fantastic, but there comes a point where we need to use a Juniper/Cisco due to short comings in RouterOS or the hardware, e.g. needing SFP modules has forced us to use Juniper SRX's just recently
* I would much rather buy supported Mikrotik hardware than buy an x86 box and "roll the dice"
* I want to see Mikrotik take on the big guys
* We need more processing power to route/shape faster, connections are getting faster and throughput requirements are growing quickly. Also, not everyone uses Mikrotik for "plain old internet" we use it to bridge small data centres with MPLS/VPLS, and want to move to 10gigabit plus speeds.
* With SFP modules, Mikrotik would have a very good competitor to the Cisco ME3400 for terminating MPLS circuits
* People seem happy to pay more, for more power ! the Mikrotik routers are always the cheapest part of any solution we sell to a client, we and they would be happy to pay more, for a better, faster product.