[c-nsp] NPE-400 vs. NPE-G1

[Sharan Harkisoon]

This Cisco 7304 is also quite impressive, I would check it out.

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/765/tools/quickreference/routerperformance.pdf



Chris Cappuccio wrote:

>>In the used market, it looks like an NPE-400 runs about $3K, the
>>NPE-G1 about $9K.  Cisco claims 1Mpps on the G1, 400Kpps on the 400. 
>>Neither seems to beat a Juniper M5 on forwarding, nor DoS mitigation. 
>>But the M5 is even more pricey, and their gigabit adapters seem to be
>>made out of gold.  The G1 packs 3 GigE ports in that base $8K price.
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>Get the NPE-G1, not the 400.  The G1 is more than twice as fast as the 400
>in my real-world experience, probably due to the much larger CPU cache.
>(When we get to use the second CPU core, that'll be even better)
>
>And, it sounds like you are going to use the gigabit interfaces anyways,
>which pretty much pays for itself if you don't even consider the speed
>differences.
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>>I guess what I'm looking for is some real-world feedback on the G1. 
>>I'm curious about how much traffic one can comfortably pass through
>>it, and if trying to do any QoS/shaping on the metro-ethernet
>>customers would severely impact performance.
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>Every feature you turn on is going to cut your forwarding packet-per-second
>capability considerably.  Think of each major feature as cutting it in half.
>The first major feature is just having the router turned on.  That cuts you
>from 1Mpps down to a more realistic 500Kpps.  Then, you go down from there.
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>If you are looking at Juniper, you won't ever run out of capacity in your
>current scenario.  Just be careful that the juniper hardware supports
>the features you want to use (make sure you get hardware capable of the QoS
>features you want, make sure it can do PPPoA/PPPoE/ATM Ethernet bridging, etc)
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>If the decision comes to Juniper vs Cisco, keep in mind that you can get
>an M20 in a redundant configuration, and the 7200s are obviously non-
>redundant. 
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>>Also I'm still looking for any off-list used/refurb dealer
>>recommendations.  So far all I had was one dealer touting themselves
>>as "very good".  Not quite what I had in mind. :)
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>$9K is a good price on a new NPE-G1.  Used they might be a little cheaper,
>but they're in demand right now.  Just go with whoever meets your business
>terms and, of course, someone you are comfortable with.  Call around, and
>even look on ebay to find them, they're everywhere.  
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