Re: [c-nsp] Cheap BGP router for ~20k prefixes

2015-05-11 Thread Pshem Kowalczyk
Further results - It looks like in our current configuration we can't get past about 2.8Gb/s. We've reached that at about 600k PPS at about 97% of CPU usage as reported by ESX (might be partially caused our traffic mix - residential broadband, with a skew towards gaming). In theory we should be

Re: [c-nsp] Cheap BGP router for ~20k prefixes

2015-05-10 Thread Pshem Kowalczyk
Hi, We've changed the following settings: 1. Set Latency Sensitve to High ( http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/latency-sensitive-perf-vsphere55.pdf ) 2. ethernetX.coalescingScheme = disable (for all interfaces, but management on the VM) 3. Pin down memory and CPU (we run a 4 vCPU setup

Re: [c-nsp] Cheap BGP router for ~20k prefixes

2015-05-08 Thread Mark Tinka
On 8/May/15 02:17, Robert Hass wrote: Hi Can you give some URL to recommended ESXi tweaking ? Or just write some recommendations here. I'm happy to test CSR on my configuration but I also would like apply tweaking tips first. The ESXi tweaking I recall doing was disabling power management

Re: [c-nsp] Cheap BGP router for ~20k prefixes

2015-05-07 Thread Robert Hass
Hi Can you give some URL to recommended ESXi tweaking ? Or just write some recommendations here. I'm happy to test CSR on my configuration but I also would like apply tweaking tips first. Rob On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 11:17 PM, Pshem Kowalczyk pshe...@gmail.com wrote: We've just started to

Re: [c-nsp] Cheap BGP router for ~20k prefixes

2015-05-06 Thread Pshem Kowalczyk
Cisco UCS, B200M3 blade, VIC 1240, CPU Xeon, E5-2665, DDR1600. kind regards Pshem what hardware are you running this on? i.e. cpu / ethernet cards. Nick ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net

Re: [c-nsp] Cheap BGP router for ~20k prefixes

2015-05-06 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 06/05/2015 22:17, Pshem Kowalczyk wrote: We've just started to evaluate the CSR1000V as a traffic-carrying router. So far we've pushed about 2.2Gb/s through it with no problems. When it comes to PPS - we're doing about 450k. The way the load shapes seems to indicate that the box should be

Re: [c-nsp] Cheap BGP router for ~20k prefixes

2015-05-06 Thread Josh Baird
How much should I expect to pay for a license capable of 1Gbps and a full routing table? Ballpark. Josh On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 5:17 PM, Pshem Kowalczyk pshe...@gmail.com wrote: We've just started to evaluate the CSR1000V as a traffic-carrying router. So far we've pushed about 2.2Gb/s through

Re: [c-nsp] Cheap BGP router for ~20k prefixes

2015-05-06 Thread Mark Tinka
On 6/May/15 23:17, Pshem Kowalczyk wrote: We've just started to evaluate the CSR1000V as a traffic-carrying router. So far we've pushed about 2.2Gb/s through it with no problems. When it comes to PPS - we're doing about 450k. The way the load shapes seems to indicate that the box should be

Re: [c-nsp] Cheap BGP router for ~20k prefixes

2015-05-06 Thread Pshem Kowalczyk
We've just started to evaluate the CSR1000V as a traffic-carrying router. So far we've pushed about 2.2Gb/s through it with no problems. When it comes to PPS - we're doing about 450k. The way the load shapes seems to indicate that the box should be able to handle about 5Gb/s using the APPX

Re: [c-nsp] Cheap BGP router for ~20k prefixes

2015-05-05 Thread Josh Baird
On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 3:37 AM, Mark Tinka mark.ti...@seacom.mu wrote: That's right. Mark. ___ Can the CSR1000v handle a full routing table(s)? Any limitations that I should be aware of when handling a full table and ~1gbps of traffic?

Re: [c-nsp] Cheap BGP router for ~20k prefixes

2015-05-05 Thread Mark Tinka
On 5/May/15 14:41, Josh Baird wrote: Can the CSR1000v handle a full routing table(s)? Any limitations that I should be aware of when handling a full table and ~1gbps of traffic? CSR1000v is 100% software, so you do not get FIB limitations. You need the right license to unlock RIB slots,

Re: [c-nsp] Cheap BGP router for ~20k prefixes

2015-05-05 Thread Mark Tinka
On 5/May/15 11:39, Phil Mayers wrote: Do you know what the latency is like on that? You mean for traffic traversing/hitting the box? Mark. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp

Re: [c-nsp] Cheap BGP router for ~20k prefixes

2015-05-05 Thread Mark Tinka
On 5/May/15 14:52, Phil Mayers wrote: Yes. I can't remember where, but I have the impression either the CSR or vMX had oddly high forwarding latency, even accounting for the fact it's just software. Right - I can't recall whether it was on c-nsp or NANOG, but I think the issue was that

Re: [c-nsp] Cheap BGP router for ~20k prefixes

2015-05-05 Thread Phil Mayers
On 05/05/15 13:29, Mark Tinka wrote: On 5/May/15 11:39, Phil Mayers wrote: Do you know what the latency is like on that? You mean for traffic traversing/hitting the box? Yes. I can't remember where, but I have the impression either the CSR or vMX had oddly high forwarding latency, even

Re: [c-nsp] Cheap BGP router for ~20k prefixes

2015-05-05 Thread Phil Mayers
On 01/05/15 19:54, Mark Tinka wrote: CSR1000v? Do you know what the latency is like on that? ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at

Re: [c-nsp] Cheap BGP router for ~20k prefixes

2015-05-03 Thread Mark Tinka
On 2/May/15 13:08, Adam Vitkovsky wrote: Interesting idea, CSR1000v BW can go up to 10GE (license base upgrade) right? That's right. Mark. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp

Re: [c-nsp] Cheap BGP router for ~20k prefixes

2015-05-03 Thread Mark Tinka
On 3/May/15 00:59, Anders Löwinger wrote: Can it handle QoS in any way? Yes. Mark. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/

Re: [c-nsp] Cheap BGP router for ~20k prefixes

2015-05-03 Thread James Bensley
On 30 April 2015 at 15:35, Dan Brisson dbris...@uvm.edu wrote: Looking for suggestions for a device (switch/router) that can speak BGP and do around 20k prefixes. The other requirement is minimum 500Mb/s of throughput, which seems to throw a low-end Cisco router out of the mix. I know a 3560

Re: [c-nsp] Cheap BGP router for ~20k prefixes

2015-05-02 Thread Adam Vitkovsky
Mark Tinka Sent: 01 May 2015 19:55 To: Dan Brisson; cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Cheap BGP router for ~20k prefixes On 30/Apr/15 16:35, Dan Brisson wrote: Looking for suggestions for a device (switch/router) that can speak BGP and do around 20k prefixes. The other

Re: [c-nsp] Cheap BGP router for ~20k prefixes

2015-05-02 Thread Anders Löwinger
On 2015-05-02 13:08, Adam Vitkovsky wrote: Interesting idea, CSR1000v BW can go up to 10GE (license base upgrade) right? Can it handle QoS in any way? /Anders ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net

Re: [c-nsp] Cheap BGP router for ~20k prefixes

2015-05-01 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 02:35:03PM -0400, Dan Brisson wrote: ASR920 or so... throughput will be fine, price of 2000$ should be achievable (depending on interface and license options). [..] Thanks for the response, Gert. It looks like the 920 would work but I'm seeing that it is already

Re: [c-nsp] Cheap BGP router for ~20k prefixes

2015-05-01 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 02:45:36PM -0400, Dan Brisson wrote: Ah, is this for the specific software version only and not for hardware? http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/routers/asr-920-series-aggregation-services-router/eos-eol-notice-c51-733935.html Yep... Customers are

Re: [c-nsp] Cheap BGP router for ~20k prefixes

2015-05-01 Thread Mark Tinka
On 30/Apr/15 16:35, Dan Brisson wrote: Looking for suggestions for a device (switch/router) that can speak BGP and do around 20k prefixes. The other requirement is minimum 500Mb/s of throughput, which seems to throw a low-end Cisco router out of the mix. I know a 3560 switch can do BGP and

Re: [c-nsp] Cheap BGP router for ~20k prefixes

2015-05-01 Thread Dan Brisson
On 4/30/2015 10:53 AM, Gert Doering wrote: Hi, On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 10:35:49AM -0400, Dan Brisson wrote: Looking for suggestions for a device (switch/router) that can speak BGP and do around 20k prefixes. The other requirement is minimum 500Mb/s of throughput, which seems to throw a

Re: [c-nsp] Cheap BGP router for ~20k prefixes

2015-05-01 Thread Dan Brisson
On 5/1/2015 2:43 PM, Gert Doering wrote: Hi, On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 02:35:03PM -0400, Dan Brisson wrote: ASR920 or so... throughput will be fine, price of 2000$ should be achievable (depending on interface and license options). [..] Thanks for the response, Gert. It looks like the 920

Re: [c-nsp] Cheap BGP router for ~20k prefixes

2015-05-01 Thread Dan Brisson
On 5/1/2015 2:48 PM, Gert Doering wrote: Hi, On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 02:45:36PM -0400, Dan Brisson wrote: Ah, is this for the specific software version only and not for hardware?

[c-nsp] Cheap BGP router for ~20k prefixes

2015-04-30 Thread Dan Brisson
Looking for suggestions for a device (switch/router) that can speak BGP and do around 20k prefixes. The other requirement is minimum 500Mb/s of throughput, which seems to throw a low-end Cisco router out of the mix. I know a 3560 switch can do BGP and wouldn't have the throughput limitations

Re: [c-nsp] Cheap BGP router for ~20k prefixes

2015-04-30 Thread Cory Ayers via cisco-nsp
^ % Invalid input detected at '^' marker. Woops, wrong chassis :D Cory -Original Message- From: cisco-nsp [mailto:cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Gert Doering Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 9:53 AM To: Dan Brisson Cc: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Cheap BGP

Re: [c-nsp] Cheap BGP router for ~20k prefixes

2015-04-30 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 10:35:49AM -0400, Dan Brisson wrote: Looking for suggestions for a device (switch/router) that can speak BGP and do around 20k prefixes. The other requirement is minimum 500Mb/s of throughput, which seems to throw a low-end Cisco router out of the mix. I know

Re: [c-nsp] Cheap BGP router for ~20k prefixes

2015-04-30 Thread Chris Stone
Vyos - www.vyos.net Chris On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Gert Doering g...@greenie.muc.de wrote: Hi, On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 10:35:49AM -0400, Dan Brisson wrote: Looking for suggestions for a device (switch/router) that can speak BGP and do around 20k prefixes. The other