[c-nsp] Border Router Recommendations

[Mohammad Khalil]

Thanks very much

> Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 21:26:56 +0100
> From: nick at foobar.org
> To: eng_mssk at hotmail.com
> CC: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Border Router Recommendations
> 
> On 25/03/2011 23:05, Mohammad Khalil wrote:
> > i have 4 STM-1s , minimum budget
> > we use Giga Interfaces (SFPs)
> 
> How much overall traffic?  100 Mbps?  300Mbps?  600Mbps?  And how much do 
> you expect your traffic to grow in the next 12 and then 24 months?
> 
> Check out:
> 
> > http://www.cisco.com/web/partners/downloads/765/tools/quickreference/routerperformance.pdf
> 
> This pdf will give you a rough guide to the performance of some of Cisco's 
> common routers.
> 
> If you have 4 x STM1 and that they're busy, I would guess that you need 
> either a C7200 NPE-G2 or else a hardware-assisted router like an ASR1000 
> (don't get the ESP5 model - it will be useless as a border router in about 
> 18-24 months).  Maybe you can get away with something smaller, but don't 
> get too small because your internet traffic is probably still growing.
> 
> Nick