[109936] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Gigabit Linux Routers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex Thurlow)
Wed Dec 17 11:33:28 2008
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:33:15 -0600
From: Alex Thurlow <alex@blastro.com>
To: Chris <chris@ghostbusters.co.uk>, nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <c8a7026b0812170711r6cf4e109vc7eb26e7da91e05@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Just as another source of info here, I'm running:
Dual Core Intel Xeon 3060 @ 2.4Ghz
2 Gb Ram (it says "Mem: 2059280k total, 1258500k used, 800780k
free, 278004k buffers" right now)
2 of these on the motherboard: Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation
82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06) (port-channel bonded to my
switch)
One other card with 2 ports: Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation
82573E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 03)
Gentoo Linux with a fairly small kernel with FIB_TRIE enabled.
I'm taking in 2 full BGP feeds, a decent amount of iptables rules, and
I've hit 1.2 Gbps with no problems. At this point, I just don't have
anything behind the router to push more than that.
--=20
Alex Thurlow
Blastro Networks
http://www.blastro.com
http://www.roxwel.com
http://www.yallwire.com
Chris wrote:
> You've given me lots to think about ! Thanks for all the input so far.
>
> A few queries for the replies if I may. My brain is whirring.
>
> Chris: You're right and I'm tempted. I've almost had my arm twisted to=
go
> down the proprietory route as I have some Cisco experience but have=20
become
> pretty familiar with Quagga and tc.
>
> David: May I ask which NICs you use in the IBM boxes ? I see the Intel=
s
> recommended by Mike have dual ports on one board (the docs say "Two=20
complete
> Gigabit Ethernet connections in a single device =95 Lower latency due=20
to one
> electrical load on the bus").
>
> Patrick: That's what I was hoping to hear :) It's not the world's bigg=
est
> network.
>
> Michael: Thanks very much. We have three upstreams. I guess 2GB of=20
RAM would
> cover many more sessions.
>
> Eugeniu: That's very useful. The Intel dual port NICs mentioned=20
aren't any
> good then I presume (please see my comment to David).
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Chris
>
>
