[nsp] recommendations

[Kristofer Sigurdsson]

sthaug at nethelp.no, Wed, May 19, 2004 at 07:28:12PM +0200 :
> > I'm looking for a solution for running BGP and 3 FE interfaces running
> > up to a total of 200mbs.  What is the smallest that will do this?  3700?
> > 6506 sup 1a msfc2? 3750? Or do I have to go up to a 7200, 7500 or 7600?
> 
> You haven't specified your needs sufficiently.
> 
> If you don't need a full Internet routing table, a 3550 with EMI will
> do the job just fine.

In my opinion, the 3550 is not good enough for this.  It doesn't do netflow
exporting (accepts the command, but doesn't do it), it presents all kind
of weird behaviour when pressed to the limit, feature wise, although it is
a nice piece of equipment when you need simple 2nd or 3rd layer distribution
layer equipment.  It is limited to 24k routes.

One big consideration; the 3550 can only take (IIRC) 64 MB of memory...

> 
> If you *do* need a full Internet routing table, you need another class
> of hardware. 3550 and 3750 are out, all the others can do it. My own
> preference would probably be a Juniper M7i, but that's probably another
> discussion :-)

Hmm, my Juniper knowledge is rusty and wasn't that extensive to begin with...but
aren't the M7's a little bit too advanced (and expensive) for this?  IIRC,
the M5's were in competition with Cisco's 7000 series VXR's.

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