[c-nsp] performance difference between RSP8 and RSP16

[Hank Nussbacher]

On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Rodney Dunn wrote:

When we went from RSP8 to RSP16 we saw about a 20% decrease in CPU and we
used distributed features heavily.  -Hank

> On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 04:35:12PM -0800, Yinglam Cheung wrote:
> > Does anyone have any info about performance difference between RSP8 and RSP16?
>
> The main increase is memory. The CPU is faster but we recommend
> distributed switching for features so the CPU isn't that relevant
> in the packet switching path.
>
> > Any reason why 12.4T is NOT developed for 7500?
>
> Yes. The features that those trains are now targeting are not
> in the distributed path and this box will no live forever.
> The only reason it picked up features in those trains was just
> because they were thought to be platform independent which isn't
> always the case.
>
> Real feature development on that platform has bascially stopped.
>
> What you have now on existing features is about all you will
> ever get for that platform.
>
> Rodney
>
> >
> >
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