[c-nsp] 7513 T3 Card Question

[Lincoln Dale (ltd)]

> Step back and analyze: do you really need NPE-G1 (a device rated
around
> 1 million pps, so we'll figure 100kpps real-world) to handle ~6-8kpps?
> I'm showing about 4kpps on 4xCT3.  Consider NPE-225, and you'll see
the
> price drop significantly.  Plus, you won't need Gig uplinks...but it
may
> impact your scalability calculations.

sadly, in this day & age, you often need to provision for the 'peak'
rather than the 'average'.

under a DDoS, your average packet size drops dramatically.  want to have
a guess at what the PPS would be for 6xT3 with minimum-packet-size? :)


cheers,

lincoln.