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Re: High throughput bgp links using gentoo + stipped kernel
From: William Herrin <bill () herrin us>
Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 09:21:21 -0400
On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Nick Khamis <symack () gmail com> wrote:
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.
Hi Nick, You're done. You can buy more recent server hardware and get another small bump. You may be able to tweak interrupt rates from the NICs as well, trading latency for throughput. But basically you're done: you've hit the upper bound of what slow-path (not hardware assisted) networking can currently do. Options: 1. Buy equipment with a hardware fast path, such as the higher end Juniper and Cisco routers. 2. Split the load. Run multiple BGP routers and filter some portion of the /8's on each of them. On your IGP, advertise /8's instead of a default. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William D. Herrin ................ herrin () dirtside com bill () herrin us 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> Falls Church, VA 22042-3004
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- Re: High throughput bgp links using gentoo + stipped kernel Nikola Kolev (May 19)
- Re: High throughput bgp links using gentoo + stipped kernel Nick Khamis (May 19)
- Re: High throughput bgp links using gentoo + stipped kernel Andrew Jones (May 19)
- Re: High throughput bgp links using gentoo + stipped kernel Eduardo Schoedler (May 20)
- Re: High throughput bgp links using gentoo + stipped kernel Ryan Gard (May 24)
- Re: High throughput bgp links using gentoo + stipped kernel Joe Greco (May 24)
- Re: High throughput bgp links using gentoo + stipped kernel Nick Hilliard (May 24)
- Re: High throughput bgp links using gentoo + stipped kernel Nick Khamis (May 24)
- Re: High throughput bgp links using gentoo + stipped kernel Nick Khamis (May 24)
- Re: High throughput bgp links using gentoo + stipped kernel Nikola Kolev (May 19)
- Re: High throughput bgp links using gentoo + stipped kernel Gabriel Blanchard (May 24)
- Re: High throughput bgp links using gentoo + stipped kernel Jon Lewis (May 19)
- Re: High throughput bgp links using gentoo + stipped kernel Nick Khamis (May 19)
- Re: High throughput bgp links using gentoo + stipped kernel William Herrin (May 19)
- Re: High throughput bgp links using gentoo + stipped kernel Nick Khamis (May 19)
- Re: High throughput bgp links using gentoo + stipped kernel Andre Tomt (May 19)
- Re: High throughput bgp links using gentoo + stipped kernel Matt Palmer (May 19)
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- Re: High throughput bgp links using gentoo + stipped kernel Ben (May 19)
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