[c-nsp] Internet border router recommendations and experiences

[Mark Tinka]

On 2/23/23 21:34, Phil Bedard wrote:

> The original question was around an Internet border router with 10G 
> support.   We have devices like the 55A2-MOD-SE which is similar to 
> some other vendor devices (somewhat of a reference Broadcom design) 
> which we’ve seen be very popular in border router deployments where 
> you do not need a ton of bandwidth.
>

I think the OP came back to clarify that they need a 100Gbps-based router.


> XRd runs in a container with very little memory, it doesn’t always 
> have to be “fat”.   In fact some of the smaller 540 systems have very 
> little RP memory.
>

Not so much the memory footprint of the OS, but really, it's rather 
verbose architecture for high-touch areas like the Metro, for which the 
NCS540 was to replace the ASR920.

Mark.