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Date:      Sat, 27 Mar 2021 16:06:09 -0700
From:      Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling@kev009.com>
To:        Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Which cpu/mainboard for fast routing (bgp, full tables) ?
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That class of processor has fairly limited memory bandwidth.  An E5 v3 or
greater should get you what you want, although finding a system that makes
good use of available PCIe lanes with a single socket configuration can
sometimes be maddening.  AMD may have a variety of nice parts for this
application, although I don=E2=80=99t have any personal experience with rou=
ting on
such hardware.  Probably equally important is the NICs, I=E2=80=99d go with=
 Chelsio
T5 or Mellanox ConnectX 4 Lx or greater.

On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 1:08 PM Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> We currently operate routers (FreeBSD 12.x, frr7) with
> Xeon(R) CPU E3-1230 v6 @ 3.50GHz CPUs and 10g links.
> They get to around 5-6 gbit/s throughput.
>
> What kind of hardware can you all suggest, if we stay
> in the generic PC area, to improve the routing throughput ?
>
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