[j-nsp] J series users bitten by the massive memory useincrease with flow mode add, please file jtac cases.

[Shane Short]

I don't suppose this trick works on the SRX as well? *grin*


-Shane


On 21/07/2010, at 2:54 PM, Leigh Porter wrote:

> 
> I thought that as soon as you turn MPLS on the flow mode was diabled and you were back to good old packet mode?
> 
> --
> Leigh
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net on behalf of Jay Hanke
> Sent: Tue 7/20/2010 11:26 PM
> To: 'Christopher E. Brown'; juniper-nsp at punk.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [j-nsp] J series users bitten by the massive memory useincrease with flow mode add, please file jtac cases.
> 
> Ditto, I was writing basically the same email when I saw your post come
> through. I got a set of 2350's out of the box running 60% memory
> utilization, I added a l3 vpn (with 3 routes) and the nice green bar in the
> web interface changed colors on me.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jay
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Christopher E.
> Brown
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 5:15 PM
> To: juniper-nsp at punk.nether.net
> Subject: [j-nsp] J series users bitten by the massive memory use increase
> with flow mode add, please file jtac cases.
> 
> 
> 
> I know alot of us here have been bitten by this, and the fact that disabling
> flow mode and
> reverting to packet does not free up any of the ~ 460MB or so being eaten by
> fwdd/flowd is
> insane.
> 
> 
> I am currently having the "This is a design feature, the pre-alloc is
> planned" argument
> with a SE.
> 
> 
> I have no issue with flow features being added, looks great for branch
> office use.
> 
> 
> What is killing be is that flow is not wanted, needed or usable in a
> small-infra use with
> multipath and MPLS services, but even disabled flowd is eating half the box
> memory.
> 
> 
> 52% memory usable at bootup (bare config) is not sane, and a 1GB 6350 used
> to be able to
> handle a few thousand igp routed plus a full table with easy and lots of
> headroom, now it
> is at 92%....
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I am pushing this w/ account team and support case, please do the same.  If
> enough people
> complain about the insane resource consumption they might actually fix it.
> 
> 
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