[76901] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: minimum requirements for a full bgp feed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert E.Seastrom)
Tue Jan 4 10:18:48 2005
To: "Erik Amundson" <Erik.Amundson@oati.net>
Cc: "Mark Bojara" <mark@aboutit.co.za>, <nanog@merit.edu>
From: Robert E.Seastrom <rs@seastrom.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 10:17:17 -0500
In-Reply-To: <F4628308C2CF714989B201B45BD9C4E10190CBF5@EXVS1.dev.oati.local> (Erik
Amundson's message of "Mon, 3 Jan 2005 08:27:42 -0600")
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
"Erik Amundson" <Erik.Amundson@oati.net> writes:
> In my experience it depends on the model of router. I had a 3640
> (granted, it's old) with 128MB that was just fine until a couple of
> months ago, now it's not enough. For one BGP table you will have to
> have at least 256MB in a 36xx router. Our 720xVXR routers currently
> have 256MB in them as well, but we've already ordered upgrades to
> 1GB with new NPE-G1s...
It helps immensely to be running pre-ST-merge 12.0 code where possible
(some situations in non-trivial networks can be positively affected by
post-merge code, but you're not likely to find 36xx or 720xVXRs in
central locations in such networks). You are not risking your
"coolness points" to still be running 12.0(21)S8. :)
---Rob
