Re: Low Cost 10G Router

[Colton Conor <colton.conor () gmail com>]

 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