Hi Matthew, The Juniper J6350 boxes are both cost effective and are claimed to do line 2Gbit/s of IMIX traffic I think.
We've several deployed between multitple DCs in Dublin and a load of J4350 at different layers. Stick 2GB of ram into each one and they'll go a long way. Paul Paul Kelly Technical Director Blacknight Internet Solutions ltd Hosting, Colocation, Dedicated servers IP Transit Services Tel: +353 (0) 59 9183072 Lo-call: 1850 929 929 DDI: +353 (0) 59 9183091 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.blacknight.ie Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park, Sleaty Road, Graiguecullen, Carlow, Ireland Company No.: 370845 > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Huff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 8:21 PM > To: 'nanog@nanog.org' > Subject: Line rate gigabit router/switch options > > We have a pair of cisco 7204VXR routers connecting to STFI > receiving market data. At peak periods micro-bursts of > unicast and multicast data overrun the Ethernet fifo buffer > due to the 7200 being a cpu based router. A 7600 router would > be a good replacement but it isn't cost effective. We need > BGP, rip, pim multicast and netflow. Since the connections > are all metro Ethernet, Cisco has suggested looking at the > 3750 switch platform that does BGP since all of the packets > are hardware switched, but it doesn't due L3 netflow. I've > been doing cisco for too long and was wondering what the cost > effective options are with other vendors or even other > possible cisco solutions. > > > ---- > Matthew Huff | One Manhattanville Rd > OTA Management LLC | Purchase, NY 10577 > www.ox.com | Phone: 914-460-4039 > aim: matthewbhuff | Fax: 914-460-4139 > >
