[c-nsp] Getting ready to pull the trigger: RSP720/SUP720

[Phil Mayers]

On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 05:52:22PM +0100, Peter Rathlev wrote:
>> > this amount of load.
>> 
>> That really depends on the features you enable.  Try doing full
>> netflow on a sup720 doing a few hundred mbit's of traffic, and they're
>> suddenly not so mighty.
>
>Sorry if I repeat myself, but I don't understand this problem. We export
>netflow from Sup720-3Bs often carrying >1 Gbit/s and the processor
>hardly seems to notice. And it's with an if-full flowmask. We're still
>on SXF but I sincerely hope SXH/SXI behave the same way for us.
>
>Am I missing something here?

I am assuming Jon has a lot of flows. We too run if-full on multiple 
tens of gigabits, with no issues (and on-3B, not XL), but I guess it 
depends on your traffic mix.