[c-nsp] "show platform hardware capacity" shows sup720-3b FIB tableat 98%

[Jon Lewis]

On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 sthaug at nethelp.no wrote:

>> I would think 239K is adequate for the forseeable future for IPv4
>> routes, but would like to be enlightened if that's not the case
>> (flame-proof suit donned).
>
> If you look at routing table statistics like
>
> http://www.cidr-report.org/cgi-bin/plota?file=%2fvar%2fdata%2fbgp%2fas4637%2fbgp%2dactive%2etxt&descr=Active%20BGP%20entries%20%28FIB%29&ylabel=Active%20BGP%20entries%20%28FIB%29&with=step
>
> it looks like we're currently seeing more than 20K new prefixes per year,
> and 239K will give you slightly more than two years. I'm afraid I believe
> "the forseeable future for IPv4" is considerably longer than two years.

I was looking at similar data recently and wouldn't want to bet on any Sup 
less than a 3bxl taking full routes for much more than 1-2 years.  I've
already told my boss that our Sup2's will have to be replaced in 1 year or 
sooner.  We're carrying nearly 195K routes right now.

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