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

[Adam Greene]

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.html),
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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