Hi Niels, Thank you for the detailed response. The FES-XE can hold 1M entries in its RIB and 500K in its FIB, so I think from that point of view it will barely let us cram in full routes from three peers. Otherwise, I think we have to consider an MLX-4 or a Juniper M7i.
-J > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 16:34:39 +0100 > From: Niels Bakker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [f-nsp] FES-XE Performance Q > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jason J. W. Williams) [Tue 09 Dec 2008, 08:17 CET]: >> I have somewhat of a general performance question regarding the L3 >> performance of the FES-XE line. Foundry is claiming 80 MPPS, but I >> assumed that was a marketing number that would degrade with smaller >> packet sizes. My rep is telling me that that is the performance even >> assuming 64-byte packets. Is that everyone's experience with Foundry >> gear? Just having trouble believing it because at 64-byte packets that >> would be CRS-1 performance. > > Pretty much, yes. Of course with CRS-1 and IOS-XR you get an actual > chassis-based router with router features such as fully-featured MPLS > and enough memory to carry multiple full routing tables with room for > growth and 'continue' in route-maps* and linecards and upgradability and > a forklift to install it. > > I'm glad that Foundry tends to publish Mpps numbers for 64 byte frames > and not do the "double all numbers and call it full-duplex" marketing > stunt that Cisco is so often guilty of. > > > -- Niels. > > *) Actually currently broken in IOS-XR. :) > > -- > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > foundry-nsp mailing list > [email protected] > http://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/foundry-nsp > > End of foundry-nsp Digest, Vol 71, Issue 6 > ****************************************** > _______________________________________________ foundry-nsp mailing list [email protected] http://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/foundry-nsp
