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

[Charles Sprickman]

Another datapoint if it’s at all helpful (1002-X):

16777216K bytes of physical memory.

l3-1002x#sh memory statistics
                Head    Total(b)     Used(b)     Free(b)   Lowest(b)  Largest(b)
Processor  7FADCB727010   3873696560   935510532   2938186028   2937159912   2937484724
 lsmpi_io  7FADCAF1E1A8     6295128     6294304         824         824         412

Running ISSU, two full feeds, 16GB RAM.

On Mar 19, 2015, at 12:38 PM, Gustav UHLANDER <gustav.ulander at soprasteria.com> wrote:

> Hello Adam.
> We are running a couple of ASR1001 with 8Gb memory with 2 full feeds and some minor L3vpns in the same box without issue. 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Lukas Tribus
> Sent: den 19 mars 2015 14:57
> To: Adam Greene; cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] ASR1002-X & (2) full BGP feeds
> 
> Hi Adam,
> 
> 
>> We have a customer with an ASR1002-X supporting redundant links to the 
>> Internet, currently taking only default routes to both in a 
>> primary/failover scenario. However, they want to have the absolute 
>> best path to all destinations to the Internet, and so are considering 
>> taking full routes from both providers.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> According to their research the ASR1002-X supports up to 1,000,000 
>> routes and to support two full BGP feeds, Cisco recommends upgrading 
>> from the default 1 GB RAM to 16 GB RAM.
> 
> 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 ...
> 
> 
> Lukas
> 
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