Juniper Networks Release Performance Data from BTexact Testing

Juniper Networks announced the results of performance tests carried out on its T640 Routing Node by BTexact Technologies, BT's advanced research and technology business. BTexact measured the total aggregate throughput of a T640 configured with 32 OC-192c/STM64 SONET/SDH interfaces. Using 32 Agilent Router Tester modules, BTexact demonstrated that a fully loaded single chassis T640 Routing Node was capable of a forwarding rate in excess of 780 million packets per second, with traffic consisting of 40 byte IP packets on every port and 500,000 active BGP routes. Throughout this test no packets were dropped. Juniper Networks said this rate is 99.7% of the theoretical maximum.
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