[c-nsp] Using older VIP2's in non-demanding apps

[Robert E.Seastrom]

"Bill Wichers" <billw at waveform.net> writes:

> Trouble is the VIP2-50 SDRAM is a wierd part, and not available from
> reasonably priced sources. I think it can still be ordered from Cisco, but
> the pricing is crazy. That's why I posted here -- I was hoping to get a
> "sure, no problem" kind of reply to using the VIP2-50's with 32MB on them,
> but sounds like that probably isn't going to work... The VIP2-40's have a
> lot less CPU power so I'm relucatant to use them for anything anymore that
> takes anything close to "real" traffic.


mainmemory @ $199.98 for 128m:  http://www.memoryx.net/memvip250128md.html
packet sram @ $98.98 for 8m:  http://www.memoryx.net/civipamer4.html

yeah, it's a little pricey, but it sure beats cisco...

                                        ---rob