[45909] in North American Network Operators' Group
Line Rate vs CPU utilization info requested
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Donn Lasher)
Wed Feb 27 12:34:11 2002
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Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 09:33:14 -0800
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From: Donn Lasher <dlasher@clearskynet.net>
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Does anyone have a table / web site / etc that talks about realized IP
throughput on various routers (3600 / 7100 / 7200, 5500, 6500, etc) versus
cpu load? IE even though you can put 4 x 100M ethernet cards in a 3640,
IMHO, you'd never see 400/800M aggregate throughput because the CPU would
be on its' knees begging long before that point.
I'm looking at a project that calls for a DS3, and the suggested router is
a 3640, and I'm trying to prove / document that's not a wise idea. What has
your experience been? Anecdotal or personal experience appreciated. Offline
replies work just as well.
Thanks in advance.
-donn
