[c-nsp] High interrupt load on 7507

[Rodney Dunn]

On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 04:12:46PM -0400, David Coulson wrote:
> Rodney Dunn wrote:
> > Yes...faster CPU more pps. But it will be no where close to unicast
> > switching performance.
> 
> What level of performance increase am I going to see by moving from RSP4
> to 4+, 8 or RSP16?

I don't have any raw data. I'd guess probably 3x or 4x. That's a guess.

> 
> > fact that it's not dCEF and the code isn't that efficient in the
> > switching path for bridging so performance is worse. To compensate
> > you can buy a faster processor.
> 
> I might reshank the router so it's not running BVIs and see what
> happens. Throwing more hardware at the problem seems like a better
> solution :-)

:)

> 
> David