[c-nsp] NPE-G1 / G2 performance

[Rodney Dunn]

ASR1k is the place to look/be for this area.

Rodney



On 3/19/10 9:35 PM, Lee wrote:
> We had a solution involving NAT on some 6500s - it didn't take long
> for them to run out of memory&  reboot.  Cisco eventually said there
> was a limitation of ~57K NAT translations on the PFC3B.   We added a
> ip nat translation max-entries 50000
> to the configs and asked our security office to pretty please NOT do
> any more Nessus scans<there>.  That fixed the rebooting issue, but I
> think we're back to not doing NAT on any 6500s now.
>
> Regards,
> Lee
>
>
> On 3/19/10, Jeff Bacon<bacon at walleyesoftware.com>  wrote:
>> I'm looking for something that can:
>>
>> (1) handle about 100mbit (microbursting to gig) of mcast, taking it in
>> interface A and pushing it out interfaces B and C, and maybe D
>> (2) sustain 500-800mbit of throughput (assume 100-byte packets,
>> occasional gig burst) coming in interface B and going out C, just
>> straight routing
>> (3) NAT a few TCP streams coming in interface C and going out interface
>> A, none of which are anything big-shakes (meg or two of throughput)
>>
>> This is going to be the backup box; the primary is going to be a
>> cat6500/sup720. I'm trying to avoid buying a second cat6500.
>>
>> I'm guessing this is beyond what an NPE-G1 can handle. How about a G2?
>>
>> If I have to buy an ASR, I'll just buy the 6500; I have a pile of 6500s
>> and no ASRs.
>>
>>
>>
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