[c-nsp] ASR1002-X & (2) full BGP feeds

[Adam Greene]

Good to know. Thanks, Scott.

Unfortunately, it looks like Kingston does not carry RAM for the ASR1002-X
...

Will keep hunting!

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Granados [mailto:scott at granados-llc.net] 
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 10:52 AM
To: Adam Greene
Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] ASR1002-X & (2) full BGP feeds

Kingston all the way.  At least for a while I know they were the company
having their memory rebranded.  Not sure if this is still the case but have
had very good luck with their memory modules  in Cisco devices.


On Apr 23, 2015, at 10:48 AM, Adam Greene <maillist at webjogger.net> wrote:

> Hi guys,
> 
> Following up on this thread ... is there a particular non-Cisco RAM 
> manufacturer you've had good experience with (for example, a vendor 
> known to sell re-branded Cisco RAM?).
> 
> You can hit me off-list if preferred.
> 
> Thanks,
> Adam
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf 
> Of Adam Greene
> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 1:51 PM
> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] ASR1002-X & (2) full BGP feeds
> 
> Thanks, guys, for all the feedback.
> 
> Summary: 
> -	ASR1002-X with default processor and 8GB RAM is plenty for (2) full
> BGP feeds
> -	if buying non-Cisco RAM, 16GB is cheap, so consider doing it now
> rather than later to avoid headaches
> -	(2) full BGP feeds will be well below 1,000,000 FIB limit (which is
> comprised only of best routes)
> 
> Besides the risk of not being able to obtain support from Cisco (and 
> maybe being billed by them) if a problem is traced to the third-party 
> RAM 
> (http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/prod_warranty09186a00800b5594.h
> tml), does anyone see any issue with using non-Cisco RAM? Is it 
> generally just as reliable as the Cisco stuff?
> 
> Thanks again,
> Adam
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf 
> Of Mark Tinka
> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 1:40 AM
> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] ASR1002-X & (2) full BGP feeds
> 
> 
> 
> On 19/Mar/15 15:57, Lukas Tribus wrote:
>> In my opinion this box should work fine with 8GB RAM both from a 
>> memory and CPU perspective, even with 2 or more full feeds. I have 
>> ASR1004-RP2s with 8GB RAM doing a similar job (in MPLS VPNs), its 
>> fine. ASR1002-X is a refreshed RP2 afaik.
>> 
>> RP1 with 4GB RAM, not su much ...
> 
> I've got tons of ASR1002-X's with 16GB of RAM running 2x full IPv4 and
> IPv6 feeds. No complaints.
> 
> My guess is I'll run out of physical ports and ESP bandwidth before I 
> run out of RAM and FIB memory :-).
> 
> Mark.
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