[c-nsp] Cisco2921 vs 7206VXR/NPE-400

[cnsp at marenda.net]

Hi,

I would tend to use the compact two power-supply 7201,
instead of putting an (equal expensive) NPE-G2 into and old
Chassis, but isn't all that hardware EOL ?

NPE-G1 _was_ fine until they started to die one-by-one
out of the blue.

Had seen 2821 with just 3 BGP sessions, everything very slow,
3825/45 are much faster;
so with current (lower-cost) Cisco Routers
i think an 3925 would perform much better than an 2921 and be worth it
(but currently not tested myself).
Hmm looking at the datashit, the 3925-E would be the choice.

While marketing Material says ISR-2 29xx WAN up to 75 MBps,
They write for the ISR-2 39xx WAN up to 350 MBps.
So the choice will be clear on the 39xx side,
Even no fancy-advanced-firewall-filter-whateverelse Features are used.


OK, a much better fitting replacement for 7206VXR is the ASR1002-X ...


Just my 0.01 $,

Juergen.

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: cisco-nsp [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] Im Auftrag
> von Adam Greene
> Gesendet: lundi 11 novembre 2013 19:42
> An: 'Scott Granados'
> Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Betreff: Re: [c-nsp] Cisco2921 vs 7206VXR/NPE-400
> 
> Well, the 7206VXR rebooted unexpectedly a few days ago, with a "System
> returned to ROM by error - an Error Interrupt" which usually implies a
> hardware issue of some kind. I reseated all components and removed
> unused cards to minimize issues, but the thought did cross my mind to
> avoid the complications of troubleshooting 10yr+ old hardware and
> replacing components with used parts, by going with something brand
> spanking new.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Granados [mailto:scott at granados-llc.net]
> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 12:32 PM
> To: Adam Greene
> Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Cisco2921 vs 7206VXR/NPE-400
> 
> Why not an NPE G1 or G2 for the same 7206?
> 
> On Nov 11, 2013, at 11:27 AM, Adam Greene <maillist at webjogger.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi guys.
> >
> > We're considering replacing our 7206VXR/NPE-400 (512MB RAM) with some
> > newer hardware.
> >
> > We take a single full routing table, have (1) OSPF and (4) BGP peers,
> > and currently push about 70M aggregate.
> >
> > We're considering a 2921 because it has 1GB RAM and can do 480k PPS /
> > 245M throughput compared with the NPE-400's 420k PPS / 215M.
> >
> > What I'm not clear on is CPU speed. The NPE-400 looks like it's a
> > 300MHz processor. Does someone know how fast the 2921's CPU is?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Adam
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