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Re: GSR, 7600, Juniper M?, oh my!

  • From: Jesper Skriver
  • Date: Mon Jan 12 20:05:34 2004 
On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 11:44:20PM +0200, Tarko Tikan wrote:

> hello!
>
> > What was your CPU utilization prior to the upgrade?
>
> Like always before the upgrade - 95% :)
>
> Currently on npe-g1 it's 80% on peak times with traffic numbers I
> mentioned before and 4500 online modems, 3000 cpe's

CPU utilization on a software based router is not linear, said in a
different way, even when CPU hits 100% it can still forward
significantly faster.

/Jesper

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Jesper Skriver, jesper(at)skriver(dot)dk  -  CCIE #5456

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