[c-nsp] DS-3 -> OC-3 upgrade

[Chris Cappuccio]

Rick Ernst [ernst at easystreet.com] wrote:
> 
> I've noticed with the DS-3s that CPU utilization is roughly 40% at 40Mbs of
> in/out traffic (80Mbs aggregate).  I've also seen that over 40% that
> latency increases through the router.  There is a small ACL (about 30
> entries), plus RPF checks on inbound traffic.
> 

The increase in ping rtt probably has everything to do with the fact that you
are hitting 90% utilization (as a 5 minute average? so your spikes in those
5 mins could be close to 100%) on your ds3 ports, not the cpu utilization.
Keep running the npe-300, and by the time you start hitting 65% cpu, the npe-g1
will be a few $1000s cheaper, or you could even try something else entirely.  

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