[6581] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NAP/ISP Saturation WAS: Re: Exchanges that matter...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan Stratton)
Fri Dec 20 18:34:24 1996
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 18:28:05 -0500 (EST)
From: Nathan Stratton <nathan@netrail.net>
To: Tony Li <tli@jnx.com>
cc: freedman@netaxs.com, indus@professionals.com, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199612202007.MAA25232@chimp.jnx.com>
On Fri, 20 Dec 1996, Tony Li wrote:
>
> Ok, yes they added some memory and it is faster, but they needed to put a
> MUCH bigger CPU in that box. It was a jump, but not as big as the one we
> all needed. The 7500 was not any new technology, just adding more of the
> current. And no we are not tunneling through another backbone, we run our
> backbone over Cascade 9000 with clear channel DS3s.
>
> You should be more specific about _why_ you want a MUCH bigger CPU. IMHO,
> the box needs more packet switching capacity (and more backplane
> bandwidth), but there's enough CPU there for the OS.
Yes, the cisco needs more backplane, but the CPU cant keep up. Have you
not watched a cisco meltdown when you lose a few NAP connections. Yes if
you do not want to run a lot of BGP, have small OSPF tables, and don't want
to do a lot of filtering then the 7500 is fine.
Nathan Stratton CEO, NetRail, Inc. Tracking the future today!
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