Hi Kamal,
It depends on what you mean by "greatly". Personally, I only recommend
compression if you use the Compression Service Adapter (CSA) for the
7200/7500 or the Compression Module for the 3600. It's a card with an extra
CPU that off loads the compression from the router's processors.
Lab and field results show a consistent 2.2:1 to 1.7:1 ratios with Internet
traffic. This is in line with other external compression devices using STAC.
To a small ISP in a country in Africa on a 512K link costing $120,000 (US) a
month - 1.7:1 compress is "great." To a small company in the US with a T1 to
their ISP, 1.7:1 compression compared to the cost of the hardware does not
make sense. Cheaper to upgrade the link.
Barry
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-- Barry Raveendran Greene | || || | Senior Consultant | || || | Corporate Consulting | |||| |||| | Office of the CTO | ..:||||||:..:||||||:.. | e-mail: [email protected] | C i s c o S y s t e m s | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PGP Public Key is registered at http://pgp5.ai.mit.edu/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On > Behalf Of kamal > Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 1:23 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: > > > Hi everyone: > Has anyone used Per-Interface Compression on Cisco router to compress the > whole data stream. I am sure that this will greatly improve performance. > Thanks > > Kamal Dave > Senior Systems Engineer > Galaxy Latin America (Sub. Hughes Electronics) > Tel. 954-958-3487 > > > > >
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