[nsp] PXF / NSE-1 experiences?

[Gregor von Stangen]

Hello,

On Thu, 17 Apr 2003 rpcbind at speakeasy.net wrote:
>
> Have an application that's demanding some creative output NAT'ing (mapping
> pool based on tcp src port) in the 20-40kpps / 20-30mb/s range to start
out
> with near-term growth in the 3-4x range. Box will be mostly dedicated to
this
> and routing tables will be tiny (stuffed into a stub area).
>
> I'm guessing I'll need to go w/ a 7200/NSE-1 to get in that neighborhood
and
> was wondering what experiences people have had with PXF in live networks.
>
>   http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/pd/ifaa/prossor/nse1/pxf.htm
>
> Doesn't seem to have been updated recently, and Feature Navgtr doesn't
list
> PXF-accelerated svcs. Is this an feature that never really panned out and
is
> being abandoned, or is there some real value in it?

from our personal experience, I would avoid the NSE-1. Last year, we had
three NSE-1 in use which kept crashing happily. The boards have been
swapped to NPE-400's in the meantime and run stable now.

Hope this helps,

  Gregor

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