Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:39:20 -0400 From: Brandon Penglase <sysupdates@spaceservices.net> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Choosing CPU for router Message-ID: <20100317183920.66b00cc8@Nereus.wlmsprt.pa.neltia.net> In-Reply-To: <C7C66BFA.244BF%jon.otterholm@ide.resurscentrum.se> References: <a952d5981003170212t1fe7b917x786c4d96cc1b1dad@mail.gmail.com> <C7C66BFA.244BF%jon.otterholm@ide.resurscentrum.se>
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Now that we know the purpose for the router, yes, you will need a beefy box. Especially if you're going to be running something like Quagga to handle IGP (which you may or may not be doing...), you will need the RAM and CPU. If you build a box, get server hardware. I know of one place that uses Dell 1u servers with either Broadcom or Intel network cards. I believe the preferred is an Intel NIC. For a NIC Vendor, check out Silicom: http://www.silicom-usa.com/ They offer a lot of different NICs, both Broadcom and Intel solutions, but the best is probably the SFP NIC, so you can pick between Fiber or Copper if you need to. http://www.silicom-usa.com/default.asp?contentID=1303 Offered in PCI-X, PCI-E, 1Gigabit, and 10Gigabit. On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:22:34 +0100 Jon Otterholm <jon.otterholm@ide.resurscentrum.se> wrote: > > This machine is going to act as access-router serving ~500 > FTTH-customers. About 500Mbit/s and 200kpps. The big issue is > Dummynet, around 1000 pipes (2 pipes/customer). > > I don't think an Atom-based machine can handle this, am I wrong? > > //Jon >
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