> > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:30:32 -0800 > From: Hector Herrera <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [c-nsp] Router recommendation for load balancing setup > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hello, > > I'm looking for a router that can: > > - handle load-balancing on two 100Mbps links with minimal cpu impact > - must have at least 4 ports, at least 2 of which should be GigE and > the other two must support FE or GigE > - BGP with 25,000 routes > > My budget is small (under $2,000) so I'm probably looking for EOL/EOS > products. > > I'm currently using a 3550-12t for the task, with the only drawback > that the cpu hits 99% load with a 5000 packets per sec./40Mbps > combined throughput on the load-balanced links. The two 100Mbps > uplinks never reach more than 50% utilization because the router can't > handle the load. > > I would like to be able to handle up to 80% utilization on the 100Mbps > links. > > Thank you for your suggestions, > > Hector > > > 7206 w/ np400 ?
http://www.cisco.com/web/partners/downloads/765/tools/quickreference/routerperformance.pdf Platform Process Switching Fast/CEF Switching EOS? PPS Mbps PPS Mbps 7500-RSP8 22,000 11.264 470,000 240.64 15-Dec-07 7500-RSP16 29,000 14.848 530,000 271.36 15-Dec-07 7200-NPE300 20,000 10.24 353,000 180.74 31-Dec-01 7200-NPE400 20,000 10.24 420,000 215.04 No I might have one or two 7206s ( if I can add that ) for a fair price. _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
