Re: Low Cost 10G Router

[Rafael Possamai <rafael () gav ufsc br>]

Since you are considering multiple options, I'd build a decision matrix.
You can put down all the requirements, score each option, and then
normalize it to give each a final score. After that you can calculate some
other things such as throughput per dollar, etc.

http://asq.org/learn-about-quality/decision-making-tools/overview/decision-matrix.html

Regarding the Mikrotik, there's a difference between Multithreading and
Multiprocessing.


On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Colton Conor <colton.conor () gmail com>
wrote:

> So are the rest of the processes in Mikrotik OS multi threaded? I would
> hope so to take advantage of 36 cores!
>
> What is up with all of these network vendors not supporting more than one
> core in their OS? I just don't get it.
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 9:49 PM, Josh Baird <joshbaird () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > The BGP daemon on the CCR routers is not multi-threaded; it only will use
> > one core.
> >
> > Josh
> >
> > On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 10:06 PM, Colton Conor <colton.conor () gmail com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >  So this new $1295 Mikrotik CCR1036-8G-2S+EM  has a 36 core Tilera CPU
> > > with
> > > 16GB of ram. Each core is running at 1.2Ghz? I assume that Mikrotik is
> > > multicore in software, so why does this box not outperform these intel
> > > boxes that everyone is recommending? Is it just a limitation of ports?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 6:03 PM, Faisal Imtiaz <
> faisal () snappytelecom net>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > > I've seen serious, unusual performance bottlenecks in Mikrotik CCR,
> in
> > > > some
> > > > > cases not even achieving a gigabit speeds on 10G interfaces.
> > > Performance
> > > > > drops more rapidly then Cisco with smaller packet sizes.
> > > > >
> > > > >  -mel beckman
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Folks often forget that Mikrotik ROS can also run on x86 machines.....
> > > >
> > > > Size your favorite hardware (server) or network appliance with
> > > appropriate
> > > > ports, add MT ROS on a CF card, and you are good to go.
> > > >
> > > > We use i7 based network appliance with dual 10g cards (you can use a
> > > quad
> > > > 10g card, such as those made by hotlav).
> > > >
> > > > with a 2gig of ram, you can easily do multiple (4-5 or more full bgp
> > > > peers), and i7 are good for approx 1.2mill pps.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Best of luck.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Faisal Imtiaz
> > > > Snappy Internet & Telecom