[c-nsp] BGP table growth and memory

[Chris Cappuccio]

Pete Templin [petelists at templin.org] wrote:
> Chris Cappuccio wrote:
> 
> >I just moved my RSP4s to 12.0(26)S6 just for this reason.
> 
> Stay far away from 12.0(31)S.  Memory usage wasn't particularly 
> impacted, but packet loss (input ignores) was.  Ugh.  Sounds like the 
> VIP code is horribly inefficient, but our TAC case is progressing like 
> molasses.
> 

I noticed that memory usage in versions past 26 was just as bad as 12.2(18)S

I was told that 12.0(21)S8 was the way to go for memory, as it is pre-ST 
merge, but you don't get most of the MPLS feature set there.  (MPLS VPN,
etc)