There may be better definitions, but in general: Sub-rate: forwarding handled in software Line-rate: forwarding handled in hardware.
On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Darwin Santana < d...@casainteligente.com.do> wrote: > The goal is using the device for Internet Traffic with QoS enable. > > What's the difference between sub-rate and line-rate device ? > > > 2013/12/26 Bill Blackford <bblackf...@gmail.com> > >> A few years back, I went with a pair of ASR1002's.s 1. My traffic was >> 400Mbps and with that particular mix, had lots and lots of small packets. >> Hence, microbursts were enough to make the single 7301 fall over on >> occasion. 2. My traffic was trending on a 150% increase every two years. I >> found it necessary to design for what I need in 3 - 4 years vs. "what I >> need now". In my opinion, if you have that much traffic, don't invest in >> sub-rate devices, go with line-rate. You might discover down the road that >> your traffic may change, as mine did, or you may be compelled to enable >> features you hadn't thought of at purchase time that yield performance >> penalties. >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 6:48 AM, Darwin Santana < >> d...@casainteligente.com.do> wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> Can I handle a 400 Mbps or up the bandwidth on the Router 3925E? >>> >>> Best Regards, >>> >>> Darwin >>> _______________________________________________ >>> cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net >>> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp >>> archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Bill Blackford >> >> Logged into reality and abusing my sudo privileges..... >> > > -- Bill Blackford Logged into reality and abusing my sudo privileges..... _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/