[c-nsp] Recommendation for small GBit router

"Rolf Hanßen" nsp at rhanssen.de
Sat Dec 17 09:08:15 EST 2011


Hi,

ok, nevertheless, what can I expect from these 4 processors / plattforms ?
As far as I found NPE-G1 / NPE-G2 will have SW updates till 2013/2015.

What throughput can bigger/newer plattform like Sup32/ASR provide with
netflow ?

kind regards
Rolf

> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 03:37:59PM +0100, "Rolf Hanßen" wrote:
>> What about a NSE-100 ? Looks cheap on Ebay.
>
> There's a reason for that.  End-of-life, and abandoned architecture (PXF).
>
> gert
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On 16.12.2011 15:37, "Rolf Hanßen" wrote:
> Hello,
>
> 2nd hand is no problem, I did not think about new stuff at all.
>
> What about a NSE-100 ? Looks cheap on Ebay.
> Docs say "3.5 Mpps (PXF); 450 kpps (RP)". Is IPv6 forwarded in hardware or
> via RP on NSE ?
>
> Concerning Netflow on NSE-100/NSE-150/NPE-G1/NPE-G2 cards:
> What traffic amount is realistic ? Is the limitation factor bandwidth or
> pps ?
> What happens beyond the point it can handle to send the Netflow data
> properly ? Does that affect Netflow only (for example it sends incomplete
> data or switches to a sampling mode to reduce load) or will packet
> forwarding also be affected ?
>
> Im just looking for high pps capability for flooding scenarios only.
> If just accounting loses some data in such cases it is not a big issue.
>
> Anything else to take care of ?
>
> Concerning other/software based solutions:
> I prefer some box that can exchange the existing one without much time
> effort for testing/preparing/configuring.
>
> regards
> Rolf



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