[AusNOG] back of envelope sizing calculations

[David Hughes]

On 05/03/2009, at 12:16 PM, Michael Bethune wrote:
>
> What kind of non-end of life Cisco router model could
> handle domestic and international BGP tables + 3 GigE interfaces
> peaking at 100Mb/s or so (where the back traffic is a third of that).


3 * GigE and a full table?  Sounds like a job for a 7200 NPE-G1 to me.

You can do 3 * GigE's easily on L3 switches but you won't get a full  
table.
You can get a full table on an ISR, but you won't get 3 * GigE.

So 7206-VXR NPE-G1 or a 7301.



David
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