[c-nsp] Router Upgrade Path

[Tony Varriale]

On 2/4/2011 2:40 PM, Rhino Lists wrote:
> I am currently running a Cisco 7206vxr with NPE-G2 and 2GB.  I am peaking at
> 200M of Internet traffic on one of the GigE ports with 40K pps aggregate.
> CPU over the last 72 hours looks like the following:
>
>      554433322223334444444444454444322222333455444445545444322232334454545454
>      315399575495883457777596604710877357359813778970060630195538160717382727
> 100
>   90
>   80
>   70
>   60
>   50 ***             ********** *           *************           *********
>   40 *******    ********************      *****************       *****#**##*
>   30 #####**** ****###############**** ****###############*********##########
>   20 #######****####################*****###################*****############
>   10 ########################################################################
>     0....5....1....1....2....2....3....3....4....4....5....5....6....6....7..
>               0    5    0    5    0    5    0    5    0    5    0    5    0
>                     CPU% per hour (last 72 hours)
>                    * = maximum CPU%   # = average CPU%
>
>
> I am running BGP and taking 2 Full Routes from 2 different providers.  I
> also have 3 OC-3's and 1 DS3 connected to the router.  I am looking for what
> router I should look at upgrading to or if there is plenty of beef left in
> this one?
>
>
>
> -K

You definitely have some room but it really depends on your environment.

Do you plan on turning on more features?  Plan on 50% increase on 
bandwidth or pps?

Really hard to say.  But, if you are not familiar with platforms that 
are considered replacemements/bumps up, start looking before you get buried.

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