Re: NPE-G2 vs. Sup720-3BXL

[Julio Arruda <jarruda-gter () jarruda com>]

Steve Dalberg wrote:
> 2009/5/18 Adam Armstrong <lists () memetic org>:
> > David Storandt wrote:
> > > We're stuck in an engineering pickle, so some experience from this
> > > crew would be useful in tie-breaking...
> > >
> > > We operate a business-grade FTTx ISP with ~75 customers and 800Mbps of
> > > Internet traffic, currently using 6509/Sup2s for core routing and port
> > > aggregation. The MSFC2s are under stress from 3x full route feeds,
> > > pared down to 85% to fit the TCAM tables. One system has a FlexWAN
> > > with an OC3 card and it's crushing the CPU on the MSFC2. System tuning
> > > (stable IOS and esp. disabling SPD) helped a lot but still doesn't
> > > have the power to pull through. Hardware upgrades are needed...
> > >
> > > We need true full routes and more CPU horsepower for crunching BGP
> > > (+12 smaller peers + ISIS). OC3 interfaces are going to be mandatory,
> > > one each at two locations. Oh yeah, we're still a larger startup
> > > without endless pockets. Power, rack space, and SmartNet are not
> > > concerns at any location (on-site cold spares). We may need an
> > > upstream OC12 in the future but that's a ways out and not a concern
> > > here.
> > >
> > > Our engineering team has settled on three $20k/node options:
> > > - Sup720-3BXLs with PS and fan upgrades
> > > - Sup2s as switches + ISIS + statics and no BGP, push BGP edge routing
> > > off to NPE-G2s across a 2-3Gbps port-channel
> > > - Sup2s as switches + ISIS + statics and no BGP, push BGP edge routing
> > > off to a 12008 with E3 engines across a 2-3Gbps port-channel.
> > Have a look at the ASR1002 + ESP5/10G
> >
> > Stable for BGP+ISIS as far as our experience goes.
> >
> > adam.
>
> ASR1002 + ESP5 was great for OSPF + BGP.  450M+ of traffic for me at
> peek (proc at1-2%)

Any experience in how much more resilient is the ASR compared with 
7600/6500, DDoS-wise :-) ?
And compared with NPE-G2 ?
And in terms of CoPP and etc ?