Careful with the ASR1000 and full tables at 4GB. http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/cisco/nsp/180710
I recommend adding some third party RAM to get 16GB. On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Mike <mike-na...@tiedyenetworks.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I have an ASR1000 router with 4gb of ram. The specs say I can get '1 > million routes' on it, but as far as I have been advised, a full table of > internet routes numbers more than 530k by itself, so taking 2 full tables > seems to be out of the question (?). > > I am looking to connect to a second ip transit provider and I'm > looking for any advice or strategies that would allow me to take advantage > and make good forwarding decisions while not breaking the bank on bgp > memory consumption. I simply don't understand how this would likely play > out and what memory consumption mitigation steps may be necessary here. Im > open to ideas... a pair of route reflectors? selective bgp download? static > route filter maps? > > Thank you. > > Mike- > >
