If you do it right, you don't have to the lookups in main memory. We have a c2758 doing 12mpps l3 routing (full BGP table) with 50 ACLs on one of these: https:

If you do it right, you don't have to the lookups in main memory. We have a c2758 doing 12mpps l3 routing (full BGP table) with 50 ACLs on one of these: https://netgate.com/products/xg-2758-1u.html https://netgate.com/products/xg-2758-1u.html The c3000 prototypes are due in a couple weeks.