TCIS List Acct wrote: > > > John T. Yocum wrote: >>> >>>> http://juniper.cluepon.net/index.php/Routing_Engine >>>> >>>> RE-333 (a.k.a RE-2.0) is a minimum as you'll need to be able to >>>> install >>>> 768MB of memory to handle full BGP table scaling. Commodity memory will >>>> work, but may not be supported. >>> >>> Unfortunately that URL doesn't really contain any practical >>> performance data for the RE's. I'll keep Googling for some. >>> >>> Thanks for the info. >>> >>> --Mike >> >> What sort of performance data are you looking for on the RE? The RE >> isn't involved in the actual packet forward forwarding, the PFE >> (Packet Forwarding Engine) is. >> >> --John >> > > John, > > What specifically does the RE do, if not packet forwarding? Sorry for > the lack of clue here, we are coming from the Cisco world where the NPE > generally does it all. > > --Mike
Mike, The RE runs the routing protocol processes, and management functions. All forwarding, and route lookups are done entirely in hardware, which depending on the system will vary from a few million pps to 10's of millions. In other words, even an M5 will outdue a 7200 without much effort. --John _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
