Tue Nov 08, 2022 3:22 am
I would probably agree, if you are actually using the MX204 to a good portion of its total capacity. The CCR2216 is unlikely to be able to match the same performance, as it is a few thousand dollars instead of $40k. But, a lot of providers and companies sometimes go overboard on the core routers, and buy devices that are more powerful than necessary. If you aren't actually really using the MX204 to its fullest, and they were purchased as a bit of overkill, replacing them with CCR2216's may not be that much of an issue. So, it really depends.
Kevin Myers of IP Architechs puts a lot of MikroTik's in at the core of large companies and ISPs that have traditionally gone with Cisco/Juniper gear. You might ask him for his thoughts on the matter. I know he mentioned in one case, the Cisco ASR's that were ordered for the datacenter of a large company were delayed due to the pandemic, and they had to put in MikroTik routers temporarily (CCR1036 devices). They performed so well that the company wanted to cancel the ASR order but were unable to.