[c-nsp] PA-GE Performance

[Aivars]

I have seen ~200M (both directions) limitation on this adapter on 7304
NSE-100. The traffic just did not get any higher.

Aivars

Thursday, November 2, 2006, 8:13:40 PM, you wrote:

RB> Robert Boyle wrote:
>> I am wondering what kind of performance people have seen in the real 
>> world with PA-GE cards in a VXR with NPE-400. I know that the G1 or 
>> G2 are better options, but to feed a smaller POP where I don't want 
>> or need to spend $10k to upgrade the NPE, what performance should I 
>> see? Cisco's site is vague on this point and offers "moderate 
>> performance" Does that mean 200Mbit/s or 500Mbit/s? Any real world 
>> experiences are welcome. Thanks!


RB> Well the PCI bus is limited to 600M in the VXR chassis?  So I'm assuming
RB> the absolute best you're going to see if around 300Mbps in either
RB> direction.  But last I knew the PA-GE had a bandwidth point rating of
RB> 400 points, so perhaps that's 200Mbps in both directions or 400Mbps in
RB> any one?  However, I have doubts the NPE-400 would be able to keep up in
RB> either case.