[c-nsp] 3660 and BGP

[Seth Mattinen]

Gert Doering wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 01:33:14PM -0700, Seth Mattinen wrote:
>>> saying that a 3660 will not be able to handle it because of an
> [..]
>> It'll handle BGP just fine with more memory (do the 512 meg), but it 
>> won't be able to do 100 meg of traffic. My guesstimate for average 
>> internet traffic based on my experience with a 3640 is 15 meg.
> 
> The 3660 is lots faster than the 3640.
> 
> The routerperformance.pdf claims 25-36 mbit/s for the 3640 (64 byte packets,
> no features) and 51-61 mbit/s. for the 3660.

My 3640 experience saw it max out around 10 to 12 meg, so without 
knowing exactly how much faster the 3660 was, I figured 15 meg would be 
a safe bet for real world traffic.

> For larger packets, the achievable performance is higher - but I still
> wouldn't use it to run a fully loaded 100 Mbit/s. link with "features"
> enabled (like: accounting, access-lists, etc.).
> 
> gert
>