Steven, Every interfaces includes subinterface(sw), physical interface(hw), virtual/logical interface(sw) is divided into s/w & h/w category. Each Software IDBs takes ~2600bytes v/s Hardware IDBs takes ~4700bytes. No.of IDBs you want to use it depends upon your system resources have it currently, going with higher number of subinterfaces may slow down boot process since it has to nvgen configuration, slow-down other processes like "sh run" & saving configuration to nvram may not fit with or without compression, etc...
thanks, rahul. ""Steven A. Ridder"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Is there a max number of subinterfaces a router can handle before it slows > down? Is this number constrained by memory on a router? But from a general > design perspecitive, is there a limit to the number? Could I do 1000 > subinterfaces on a router with no performance degredation? > > -- > RFC 1149 Compliant > > Get in my head: > http://sar.dynu.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=45295&t=45288 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]