3640 + 2900XL vs 3550

We are now using a 3640 with 3 fasteth interfaces: All of them are connected to 3 2924XL
switches; 2 of them are used for server connectivity and the other one is used for
connectivity to the main network. The cpu of the 3640 reaches 80-90% with a total of
48.000.000 bps in/out traffic (a lot of acl and car is happening too).

We are thinking of replacing all this hardware with a 3550 switch (48 10/100ports), since
it's able to do both L2 kai L3 (in hardware).

The question is: will is be able to hanlde more traffic (more bps/pps) than the 3640+2924
scenario? If not, what would be a good (with the same price if possible) replacement for
our current scenario?

 

I'd think so . More than two orders of magnitude more, according to
this: http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/pcat/ca3550.htm#spec

The 3550-48 will do 6.8Gbps or 10.1 Mpps at both layer 2 and 3.

Regards,

Marco.

 

i replaced the exact same hardware (3640 + 2924) with a 3550 (24 port model)
and the benefit has been enormous. much better throughput. processor load

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Chad Whitten CCNA
Network/Systems Administrator
neXband Communications

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