Re: Which cpu/mainboard for fast routing (bgp, full tables) ?

2021-03-28 Thread Rodney W. Grimes
> Hi! > > > That class of processor has fairly limited memory bandwidth. An E5 v3 or > > greater should get you what you want, although finding a system that makes > > good use of available PCIe lanes with a single socket configuration can > > sometimes be maddening. AMD may have a variety of ni

Re: Which cpu/mainboard for fast routing (bgp, full tables) ?

2021-03-28 Thread Kurt Jaeger
Hi! > That class of processor has fairly limited memory bandwidth. An E5 v3 or > greater should get you what you want, although finding a system that makes > good use of available PCIe lanes with a single socket configuration can > sometimes be maddening. AMD may have a variety of nice parts for

Re: Which cpu/mainboard for fast routing (bgp, full tables) ?

2021-03-27 Thread Kevin Bowling
That class of processor has fairly limited memory bandwidth. An E5 v3 or greater should get you what you want, although finding a system that makes good use of available PCIe lanes with a single socket configuration can sometimes be maddening. AMD may have a variety of nice parts for this applica

Which cpu/mainboard for fast routing (bgp, full tables) ?

2021-03-27 Thread Kurt Jaeger
Hi! We currently operate routers (FreeBSD 12.x, frr7) with Xeon(R) CPU E3-1230 v6 @ 3.50GHz CPUs and 10g links. They get to around 5-6 gbit/s throughput. What kind of hardware can you all suggest, if we stay in the generic PC area, to improve the routing throughput ? -- p...@freebsd.org