[j-nsp] High RE memory utilization for JUNOS 7.6 and latter

[Ihsan Junaidi Ibrahim]

Thanks Steinar. That sure explains it. 

-----Original Message-----
From: sthaug at nethelp.no [mailto:sthaug at nethelp.no] 
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 9:36 PM
To: ihsan at isp.time.net.my
Cc: juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [j-nsp] High RE memory utilization for JUNOS 7.6 and latter

> Is there any reason why on 7.6 and above, the RE memory utilization 
> can shoot up to more than 90%. As a comparison, I have a number of 
> systems running 7.0 with multiple BGP full feeds w/ 512 MB RAM (RE 
> 3.0) and the utilization rarely exceed 70%.

Because the calculation of memory utilization evidently has changed. See the
discussion at

http://marc2.theaimsgroup.com/?l=juniper-nsp&m=116448795729031&w=2

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no