[j-nsp] Juniper M-series vs 72xx/NPE-G2

[John T. Yocum]

> 
>>  http://juniper.cluepon.net/index.php/Routing_Engine
>>
>>  RE-333 (a.k.a RE-2.0) is a minimum as you'll need to be able to install
>> 768MB of memory to handle full BGP table scaling. Commodity memory will
>> work, but may not be supported.
> 
> Unfortunately that URL doesn't really contain any practical performance data for 
> the RE's.  I'll keep Googling for some.
> 
> Thanks for the info.
> 
> --Mike

What sort of performance data are you looking for on the RE? The RE 
isn't involved in the actual packet forward forwarding, the PFE (Packet 
Forwarding Engine) is.

--John