[c-nsp] Troubelshooting Output Drops on 7301

[Andy Saykao]

Hi All,
 
Is it bad to change the hold-queue from it's default of 40 on the Cisco
7301? 
 
I came across this article which isn't specific to the 7301, but in the
article they recommended changing the hold-queue on a 1G interface to
"hold-queue 1024 out". 
 
http://fasterdata.es.net/cisco.html
<http://fasterdata.es.net/cisco.html> 
 
Once I set the interface with a "hold-queue 1024 out", it seems the
output drops have decreased significantly. Prior to doing this I was
seeing a lot of output drops and doing a show int would always see the
output drop counter increasing. They seem to have stopped with
increasing the hold-queue. 
 
Are there any advantages or disadvantages to tampering with the hold
queue in terms of it having any performance or load implications???
 
Thanks.
 
Andy

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