Well it's painful on my x86 machine, but I've never really been a problem.

Josh Luthman
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On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 6:05 PM, Jeremy Austin <jhaus...@gmail.com> wrote:

> RAM is a consideration.
>
> It's convergence time primarily, and route table maintenance, that will be
> considerably more rapid on x86 due to BGP being a single core process.
>
> I have heard of people happily running two full tables on CCR1016. I would
> be OK with this as long it were one of a pair of edge routers, as
> secondary, the primary being either x86 or bigger iron, depending on
> bandwidth requirements.
>
> YMMV. It's fairly easy to determine what your baseline CPU level would be
> if you do a full table peering internally for testing. I see about 40%
> under profile on a CCR1009 with a single full table. (Adds and removes
> being fairly slow… try searching the route table for a single route via the
> CLI, and you'll see how painful this is!)
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 1:59 PM, Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Is your preference due to stability or speed of peer turn up?  I guess I
>> should have specified - I'm running full tables (two peers).
>>
>>
>> Josh Luthman
>> Office: 937-552-2340 <(937)%20552-2340>
>> Direct: 937-552-2343 <(937)%20552-2343>
>> 1100 Wayne St
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>> Suite 1337
>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=1100+Wayne+St+Suite+1337+Troy,+OH+45373&entry=gmail&source=g>
>> Troy, OH 45373
>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=1100+Wayne+St+Suite+1337+Troy,+OH+45373&entry=gmail&source=g>
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 5:56 PM, Jeremy Austin <jhaus...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> If you're running multiple full tables, Mikrotik on x86 will have better
>>> performance, typically, than on a CCR. I have run full tables on as small
>>> as a CCR1009 with few issues, but prefer x86.
>>>
>>> For a few thousand routes, as in an IGP, BGP on CCR is completely fine.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 1:54 PM, Josh Luthman via Mikrotik-users <
>>> mikrotik-users@wispa.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I remember the CCR had a lot of issues running BGP and would crash.
>>>> I'm not worried about it takes a couple of minutes to build routes when it
>>>> first boots up.  Are the issues resolved at this point?
>>>>
>>>> I'm running an older x86 box for BGP and want to replace the Powercode
>>>> BMU (x86) with a more power efficient unit, possibly a second CCR?  Does
>>>> this sound like a good idea at this point or will I have Mikrotik
>>>> problems?  Is there something better than the CCR for these jobs?
>>>>
>>>> Josh Luthman
>>>> Office: 937-552-2340 <(937)%20552-2340>
>>>> Direct: 937-552-2343 <(937)%20552-2343>
>>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=1100+Wayne+St+Suite+1337+Troy,+OH+45373&entry=gmail&source=g>
>>>> Suite 1337
>>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=1100+Wayne+St+Suite+1337+Troy,+OH+45373&entry=gmail&source=g>
>>>> Troy, OH 45373
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>>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Jeremy Austin
> jhaus...@gmail.com
>
> (907) 895-2311 office
> (907) 803-5422 cell
>
> Heritage NetWorks <https://heritagenet.works/> - Whitestone Power &
> Communications - Vertical Broadband, LLC <http://verticalbroadband.com/>
>
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