[c-nsp] 7x00 routers that survive

[Kristofer Sigurdsson]

sthaug at nethelp.no, Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 07:36:12AM +0200 :
> > Any opinions on the cheapest 7x00 router(7100/200/300/400/500/600) that can survive a wirespeed DDoS attack* while running BGP on top of these links ?
> > 1 FE 
> > 1 OC-3
> > 2 OC-3
> > 1 OC-12
> > 1 Gigabit
> 
> Forget anything with software based forwarding (as in: We recently
> tested a 7200/NPE-G1 with a Smartbits. It handled up to around 630k
> pps - as far as I can see this is slightly less than one STM-1 full
> of minimum sized packets).
> 
> The 7600 would be able to do it, no sweat. No idea about the 7300.

IIRC, the 7300 is simply an NPE-G1 in 1 rack unit...

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