[c-nsp] c7206VXR(NPE-G1) w/ 12.2(18)S8 - Memory failures

[sthaug at nethelp.no]

> Not too long ago 128MB was sufficient for a full BGP table.  Then it went
> to 256MB which killed use of all NPE's under NPE225.
> 
> Now it is at 512 which kills all NPE's save the G1.
> 
> Funny thing though - I don't recall the global BGP table doubling is
> size when 128MB of ram became too small, nor do I recall it doubling in
> size when 256MB became too small.
> 
> It is sad to see that Cisco's developers have been told to force
> obsolescense on the customers.

I don't believe this is an explicitly stated intent, even if it may
be the end result.

Customers are asking Cisco for new features all the time. With the
current IOS model (one huge image), customers get software with the
features they want, *and* a ton of other features that they neither
want nor need. To my mind *this* is the real problem.

What to do about it? Well, customers tell their Cisco representatives
what they want, and they can vote with their wallets. Aside from that,
you can always go back to AGS+ and IOS 8.2 or thereabouts. I know *I*
don't want to do that...

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no