It means you can assign bandwidths to individual units where the sum of the assigned bandwidths are two (or four) times the bandwidth of the physical interface.
Paul Goyette Juniper Networks Customer Service JTAC Senior Escalation Engineer Juniper Security Incident Response Team PGP Key ID 0x53BA7731 Fingerprint: FA29 0E3B 35AF E8AE 6651 0786 F758 55DE 53BA 7731 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Jimmy > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 5:42 AM > To: juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net > Subject: [j-nsp] 4:1 oversubscription > Importance: High > > Can someone please explain what does mean by 4:1 or 2:1 > oversubscription? > > > > A 4-port Gigabit Ethernet PIC supporting up to 4:1 oversubscription > > A 8-port Gigabit Ethernet PIC supporting up to 2:1 oversubscription > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp > _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp