If you spend more than $250, maybe you wouldn't have to have so many
spares.... :)
We've never had a single X86 based MT router fail in the field. Ever. I
have over 50 of them running (some for over 4 years). Yet we just had an
RB333 fail and die (and take out an ethernet port on the switch along
with it). It had only been in production for 9 months.
If you spend the money up front, it saves you money in the long run...
less downtime, less labor, etc.
Travis
Microserv
Scottie Arnett wrote:
Below: "I do some filters with L7." No, it is a full P4. I forgot to mention a
few things that come to mind. I am using it as DNS server and redirecting(via NAT) all
DNS activity through the MT to use the MT DNS cache. I am not using web proxy. At the
moment it has a Prizm card for wireless customers(10 total), but I am getting rid of that
and going to a BulletM2HP. I am needing 1 of the 4 ports for this.
I know several responded before Josh on this and he other list, so I will try
to address the others. I would like to keep these below $250. I can buy regular
x86 much more powerful than this for less money. The reason for trying to go to
routerboards is to have standbys ready to go with minimal configuration after
copying configs over and setting them up. The other reason is to get rid of the
mechanical component of the hard drive...a mistake I made from the beginning.
The last reason is to cover all the separate things that can go wrong in an X86
compared to a routerboard.
Thanks for all the replies and I am evaluating all of them.
Scottie
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From: Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com>
Reply-To: Mikrotik discussions <mikrotik@mail.butchevans.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 20:01:23 -0500
Are there layer 7 rules or is that a celeron CPU? That seems super high to me.
The 493ah can do 10 megs I'm sure. The rules seem to be the cause of
that CPU usage so I would try to look into that first.
On 3/6/10, Scottie Arnett <sarn...@info-ed.com> wrote:
Hey guys,
I am thinking about replacing my X86 PC running MT with a routerboard. My
current setup is a P4 1.7Ghz with 256 Meg Ram. I am routing 7.5 Mbit, soon
to be 10 Mbit. I have 183 filter rules, 76 Mangles, and 215 Simple queues. I
do some filters with L7 and I have no DHCP server running. CPU usage
averages %20 - %25 and Mem averages around 50 Meg.
Are there routerboards available that can handle what I have running now and
have some room for growth in the future? I need at least 4 Ethernet ports
and do not need wireless at all. Suggestions?
Thanks,
Scottie
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