--- neal@lists.rauhauser.net wrote: : I don't know much about Juniper but I'm about to learn : with a new job. If your experience is like mine, you'll fall in love with the M-series and absolutely despise the E-series (Unisphere) : If I'm going to take full routes from a couple of upstreams : and have a couple of peers will the M10i (768M max) be : enough or is the M20 (2048M max) a better choice. I use the M10i platform for some of my border routers. For example, below, I'm receiving full routes from a couple of upstreams and a partial with 768Meg for a good while now and no problems. RE0> show chassis routing-engine <snip> Routing Engine status: DRAM 768 MB Memory utilization 46 percent Model RE-5.0 RE0> show bgp summary <snip> ASN #Active/Received/Damped ------ ---------------------------- AAA 625/994/0 BBB 152613/214987/0 CCC 62655/215400/0 scott