[j-nsp] MX80 Route table Size

Saku Ytti saku at ytti.fi
Mon Sep 23 16:51:44 EDT 2013


On (2013-09-23 16:42 -0400), David Miller wrote:

> If your setup and/or your projections of DFZ growth will have your FIB
> hitting >1Mill routes within the estimated lifetime of the box, then a
> bigger MX with RE-S-1800x4(s) is decidedly "bigger" (in performance,
> route capacity, and price).

Alas, bigger MX won't do much/anything to help with FIB scaling. You're
inherently limited by the LU chip memory, which does not grow when you upgrade
to bigger box.
Juniper is somewhat behind the curve in FIB scale compared to competition.

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