Does anyone know the MTBF/chance of failure for the chassis (not the line cards, route processors, fan trays, or power supplies)?
I need to design a HA network, but getting two redundant ASR's will put a significant dent in my budget. I am thinking about getting a single router instead but having redundant RSP's, line cards, PSU's, etc. within it.
Is the chance there is a failure within the chassis very high? What parts of the chassis (essentially anything that can't be hot swapped and requires replacing the entire chassis) can fail, if any at all?