[163092] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: High throughput bgp links using gentoo + stipped kernel
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael McConnell)
Sun May 19 11:52:46 2013
From: Michael McConnell <michael@winkstreaming.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAGWRaZb_dHnFHzOZ45M-OkxhbHLjAp=f57fkSkD3fW3FyZP_5g@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 21:20:47 -0600
To: Nick Khamis <symack@gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Hello Nick,
Your email is pretty generic, the likelihood of anyone being able to =
provide any actual help or advice is pretty low. I suggest you check out =
Vyatta.org, its an Open Source router solution that uses Quagga for its =
underlying BGP management, and if you desire you can purpose a support =
package a few grand a year.
Cheers,
Mike
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On May 18, 2013, at 9:39 AM, Nick Khamis <symack@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
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> We are running:
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> Gentoo Server on Dual Core Intel Xeon 3060, 2 Gb Ram
> Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet
> Controller (rev 06)
> Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573E Gigabit Ethernet
> Controller (rev 03)
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> 2 bgp links from different providers using quagga, iptables etc....
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> We are transmitting an average of 700Mbps with packet sizes upwards of
> 900-1000 bytes when the traffic graph begins to flatten. We also start
> experiencing some crashes at that point, and not have been able to
> pinpoint that either.
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> I was hoping to get some feedback on what else we can strip from the
> kernel. If you have a similar setup for a stable platform the .config
> would be great!
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> Also, what are your thoughts on migrating to OpenBSD and bgpd, not
> sure if there would be a performance increase, but the security would
> be even more stronger?
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> Kind Regards,
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> Nick
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