Re: [nsp] Fast Mem on an RSP4

From: Avi Freedman (avi@freedman.net)
Date: Thu Sep 09 1999 - 13:43:11 EDT


Ah, well 6mb is a bit low given recent Cisco builds and leakiness...
I'd upgrade to 256mb there.

Avi

>
>
> I wasn't talking about the system's DRAM (Processor). dCEF in this version
> definitely leaks memory, after about 22 billion packets (or about 3-4 days
> of uptime) so the router stops forwarding packets. Turn off dCEF, no
> problem.
>
> I am talking about the 131072 bytes (128KB) of "Fast" memory.
>
> I have not seen this router complain about its Fast memory situation, and
> yet it strikes me as not a good thing to have less 5KB available. Any
> insights are appreciated.
>
> Deepak Jain
> AiNET
>
>
> On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Avi Freedman wrote:
>
> >
> > Upgrade it or get a version without memory leak :)
> > Of course, you're dividing by 1024k in your analysis, but that's ok...
> >
> > Avi
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Head Total(b) Used(b) Free(b) Lowest(b) Largest(b)
> > > Processor 60AD9EE0 122839328 116858180 5981148 4160012 268352
> > > Fast 60AB9EE0 131072 125944 5128 5128 5084
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Of 128KB of memory, this router has 5K free. I am assuming it is used
> > > for packet buffers or something dynamically allocated, but I would guess
> > > that it is running pretty close to the edge with these numbers.
> > >
> > > Is there a rule of thumb here and can the SRAM on an RSP4 be upgraded?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Deepak Jain
> > > AiNET
> > >
> >
> >
>



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