[nsp] BGP requirements

Dan Hollis goemon@anime.net
Mon, 4 Nov 2002 15:08:31 -0800 (PST)


On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Jared Mauch wrote:
> 	You really need 256M.  I've seen people squeeze it into 128M
> but it is quite tight.

128m is just enough for 120k routes. about 10m left over, and thats not a 
lot. of course you may not need a FULL table, and can use filters to cut 
down a lot of the crap routes (/32's? gimme a break!)

-Dan

> 
> 	- jared
> 
> On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 08:25:31PM -0800, Z wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> >    What is the standard Cisco router these days for being able to
> > receive pretty much a full BGP routing table?   Will a 3640 with
> > 128MB of RAM cut it or am I looking at a 7206 with 256MB RAM, etc?
> > 
> >    Thanks in advance.
> > 
> > 
> > .z
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