Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 08:17:11 -0500 From: Edwin Culp <eculp@mexcom.net> To: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au> Cc: "Randy A. Katz" <randyk@ccsales.com>, isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Multi-homed - Load Balancing - No Single Point of Failure Message-ID: <33F30557.3170F15@mexcom.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970814161541.308e@panda.hilink.com.au>
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Daniel O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Wed, 13 Aug 1997, Randy A. Katz wrote: > > > Given two upstream providers is it possible to use a single or two FreeBSD > > boxes to do BGP routing and load balancing? And if so, what equipment > > should we use? T1 Cards? Routers? > > > > My current provider is telling us we need a Cisco 4700 (20-30,000). I was > > thinking if I could get a powerfull FreeBSD box (200MHz Pro/MMX with 128MB > > RAM) to do the routing it would be just as good and about 20,000 less > > expensive...please let me know if I'm off my rocker! > > You *are* off your rocker to get a PPro200 128MB RAM. Depending on you > bandwidth needs, you only need a P-133 with 64MB of RAM :-) I have a > 686-120/P150+ with 5 ethernet cards and about 1000 kbps flowing through it > - i.e. a 66% utilised T1. CPU utilisation is about 10%, and a significant > amount of that is servicing interrupts on the PCI-NE2000 ethernet cards, > and checking the 470 ipfw rules I have loaded. Use de or fxp ethernet > cards in preference (the two busy cards in my box are de type). I'd > recommend a 686-150/P200+ to keep packet latency down. Use gated for BGP > peering. > > Dennis will probably remind you to look at www.etinc.com regarding > synchronous serial cards. But will he actually sell them? > > /* Daniel O'Callaghan */ > /* HiLink Internet <http://www.hilink.com.au/>; danny@hilink.com.au */ > /* FreeBSD - works hard, plays hard... danny@freebsd.org */
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