Rent a EXFO TGE packet blazer On 1/20/10, Stefan Fouant <sfou...@shortestpathfirst.net> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Brad Fleming [mailto:bdflem...@kanren.net] >> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 5:05 PM >> >> I am in the market for 10Gbps traffic testers. >> >> Here are some of the things I'd like to have: >> 1) Mixed packet sizes >> 2) Ramp TCP sessions up/down quickly >> 3) Many source and destination IPs >> 4) Ability to ramp traffic up and down >> 5) Simulate targeted SYN floods >> 6) 10,000+ packets per second >> >> We'll use these devices to test throughput and resource utilization on >> routers and firewalls/security systems. We'll also test and prove >> candidate QoS configurations (ie: DSCP41 still works well even when >> DSCP11 is saturating links). >> >> The catch is that I work for a charitable, non-profit with limited >> resources. I understand you can't have steak on a sardine budget; I'm >> just trying to find suggestions on a testing platform for "thrifty" >> customers! We do not have any existing testing systems other than >> iPerf on a Mac Mini. > > Testing QoS generally requires highly specialized equipment that can send at > line-rate and has highly accurate timing. This is necessary to analyze the > impacts of latency and jitter, in addition to testing the impact of > throughput in multi-queue prioritization tests. Likely this means that the > cheaper options are not sufficient unfortunately, and doubly so because you > want 10Gbps. > > I have used Spirent, Ixia, and Agilent boxes with great success, especially > in the area of QoS testing. Any one of these should be able to perform well > with all of the requirements stated above. Don't go for the Breakingpoint > box unless you enjoy banging your head against the wall when you can't do > many of the things they claim to be able to do - I was once a proponent of > theirs until I really got under the hood, save yourself the headache and > look at the other alternatives. > > Stefan Fouant, CISSP, JNCIE-M/T > www.shortestpathfirst.net > GPG Key ID: 0xB5E3803D > > >
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