[nsp] Cheapest Netflow-enabled border router?

[joshua sahala]

On (04/05/04 16:44), Mike Sawicki wrote:
> 
> What is currently the least expensive border routing device Cisco
> sells?  I need it to support Netflow.. and it should be able to
> forward at least several Gbps of aggregate throughput.  I was
> thinking a l3 switch could do the job here, as my media is all
> ethernet.. but that would seem to require at least a 4000+SupIV.  I
> don't need a high port density as this will be a border router
> handing off to our core switch.
> 

netflow is easy, every cisco router from 1700 up can do netflow export,
but passing several Gb/s of traffic will probably mean a 72xx-vxr with a
npe-g1 or a 73xx...i haven't actually tried to move more than several
hundred Mb/s with a 72xx so i am just guessing (it's backplane is
only 1G, so ymmv)

/joshua

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