Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:51:48 -0700 From: Han Hwei Woo <hhw@pce-net.com> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Choosing CPU for router Message-ID: <4BA051D4.3040508@pce-net.com> In-Reply-To: <773208865.20100316211139@gmail.com> References: <C7C53AE3.2441C%jon.otterholm@ide.resurscentrum.se> <10263ac1003160615u2728634bv77a6704037e768a2@mail.gmail.com> <773208865.20100316211139@gmail.com>
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Get Intel NIC's, and the fastest clockspeed CPU you can find. I'd recomme= nd: Intel Core i5 670 (3.46GHz) Supermicro X8SIL-F Motherboard (includes KVM over IP) =C4=EC=E8=F2=F0=E8=E9 =C7=E0=EC=F3=F0=E0=E5=E2 wrote: >> 2010/3/16 Jon Otterholm <jon.otterholm@ide.resurscentrum.se>: >> =20 >>> Narrowed it down to the following: >>> >>> Intel Q9650 3,0Ghz >>> Intel i7-965/975 3,2Ghz/3,33Ghz >>> >>> What would be the benefit from a Xeon? >>> >>> The router will be running IPFW and Dummynet for traffic-shaping. Alo= ng with >>> that, standard services like dhcpd. >>> =20 > > =20 >> Xeons usually got more cache memory on board and mean to work on >> servers (read: stable). And of course there should be ECC memory. >> =20 > Xeon may work in multi-CPU servers. > Speaking of routers, you have multicore (2CPU x 4cores =3D 8cores) > machine with 1-2-3 NIC's, and can't load other cores in CPU > (earlier versions before FBSD 8.x). > > You need NIC with MSI (Interrupt Moderation) for better performance. > > 1. What kind of traffic did you expect? > 2. What flow bit per seconds did you expect? > > I have PPPoE concentrator based on S3000AHV motherboard with EXPI9400 > and EXPI9402 NIC's and Core2Quad Q6600 CPU and FreeBSD 7.2. > This router may handle about 150k pps and 1Gbps for one direction of > internet traffic. > Do you need core i5/7 ? > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------= - > > Subject: > Re: Choosing CPU for router > From: > Andrei Kolu <antik@bsd.ee> > Date: > Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:15:01 +0200 > To: > freebsd-net@freebsd.org > > To: > freebsd-net@freebsd.org > > > 2010/3/16 Jon Otterholm <jon.otterholm@ide.resurscentrum.se>: > =20 >> Hi. >> >> In the process to build a new router and want to choose the best possi= ble >> CPU for the job. >> >> Narrowed it down to the following: >> >> Intel Q9650 3,0Ghz >> Intel i7-965/975 3,2Ghz/3,33Ghz >> >> What would be the benefit from a Xeon? >> >> Motherboard: Supermicro X8SBI-4LN. >> RAM: 4GB >> >> The router will be running IPFW and Dummynet for traffic-shaping. Alon= g with >> that, standard services like dhcpd. >> >> Any thoughts appreciated. >> >> >> =20 > > Xeons usually got more cache memory on board and mean to work on > servers (read: stable). And of course there should be ECC memory. > AFAIK you can't install more than one CORE cpu onto multicpu > motherboard but you can do so with XEON. > > Did you mean this: > http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon3000/X58/X8STi-LN4.c= fm > board? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > =20 > -----------------------------------------------------------------------= - > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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