[180005] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Low Cost 10G Router
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Justin Wilson - MTIN)
Tue May 19 15:27:42 2015
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From: Justin Wilson - MTIN <lists@mtin.net>
In-Reply-To: <555B8C22.8030203@ethoplex.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 15:27:28 -0400
To: North American Network Operators Group <nanog@nanog.org>
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I second the Mikrotik recommendation. You don=92t get support like you =
would with Cisco but it=92s a solid product.
Justin
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> On May 19, 2015, at 3:16 PM, Keefe John <keefe-af@ethoplex.com> wrote:
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> For about $1000 you could get a Mikrotik CCR1036-8G-2S+EM but it only =
has 2 SFP+ ports.
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> http://routerboard.com/CCR1036-8G-2SplusEM
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> Keefe
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> On 5/19/2015 3:46 PM, Joe Greco wrote:
>>> How cheap is cheap and what performance numbers are you looking for?
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>>> About as cheap as you can get:
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>>> For about $3,000 you can build a Supermicro OEM system with an =
8-core Xeon
>>> E5 V3 and 4-port 10G Intel SFP+ NIC with 8G of RAM running VyOS. =
The pro
>>> is that BGP convergence time will be good (better than a 7200 VXR), =
and
>>> number of tables likely won't be a concern since RAM is cheap. The =
con is
>>> that you're not doing things in hardware, so you'll have higher =
latency,
>>> and your PPS will be lower.
>> What 8 core Xeon E5 v3 would that be? The 26xx's are hideously =
pricey,
>> and for a router, you're probably better off with something like a
>> Supermicro X10SRn fsvo "n" with a Xeon E5-1650v3. Board is typically
>> around $300, 1650 is around $550, so total cost I'm guessing closer =
to
>> $1500-$2000 that route.
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>> The edge you get there is the higher clock on the CPU. Only six =
cores
>> and only 15M cache, but 3.5GHz. The E5-2643v3 is three times the =
cost
>> for very similar performance specs. Costwise, E5 single socket is =
the
>> way to go unless you *need* more.
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>> ... JG
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