Re: [swinog] Full BGP Routing Router Requirements

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 11:42:51AM +0200, Bernd SPIESS wrote:

you have to basicaly decide if you want a cpu driven box (28*, 38*, NPE-G1/G2) or a hardware driven box (sup32, sup720, c-120**) in the first case you have to primary look for the cpu performance - in the second case you have to look primary for hardware prefix puffer (256.000 prefixes versus 1 mio)

In case of hardware platforms, one should also be very careful about feature requirements - to avoid hitting something either unsupported or handled in software by the CPU with unavoidable penalties.

Cheers, Paolo