[c-nsp] RSP16 and RSP8

[Chris Cappuccio]

Why not just get a used 12008 with GRP-B if you are going to spend that much money....

Daniel J. Vance [dvance at uci.net] wrote:
> I've been hearing that because of the RSP8's 256mb memory limit people are
> running into BGP issues.
> 
> Because of this, I'm looking at going with the RSP16's.  However because of
> the price, I'm a little hesitant about picking up two of them (one for a
> standby)
> 
> Cisco says that you can run an RSP8 as a standby to an RSP16, but I'm
> thinking that if it gets used, you'll have the same memory issues as if you
> were running the RSP8 as a primary.
> 
> Does anyone else have any experience with this?
> 
> Also, does the RSP16 seem like a solid RSP?  I'm looking at using it in a
> border router with one burstable OC3 to one Provider and a burstable FastE
> to the other.  We are probably looking at <100mbps of aggregate bandwidth.
> 
> Some have mentioned the NPE-G1 in a 7206, but I like the idea of having a
> backup RSP.
> 
> -Daniel
> 
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