Re: [j-nsp] Whitebox 10Gb/s capture challenge

2012-01-21 Thread Chris Cappuccio
http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/netmap/ port whatever analysis software you want to use to the netmap interface OBrien, Will [obri...@missouri.edu] wrote: > I'm pondering the idea of trying to build a relatively inexpensive 10Gb > capture box. > The simple solution is a dell R710 with 10Gb nics.

Re: [j-nsp] Whitebox 10Gb/s capture challenge

2012-01-13 Thread Michele Bergonzoni
So, my challenge is keeping the price point is something around $1000-$1500 - basically the 10Gb version of a 1u gigE capture system. If Linux is OK take a look at the PF_RING socket, used in the open source solution ntop and in the hardware appliances they build, but available in the current

Re: [j-nsp] Whitebox 10Gb/s capture challenge

2012-01-12 Thread Kevin Wormington
: J NSP Subject: Re: [j-nsp] Whitebox 10Gb/s capture challenge How much traffic is actually on the boxes? A full 10G or some fraction? Are they in the same datacenter? There are muxing boxes from onpath,apcon, anue, net optics, etc. which might let you get away with less actual capture devices

Re: [j-nsp] Whitebox 10Gb/s capture challenge

2012-01-12 Thread Keegan Holley
il Bedard > Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 2:13 PM > To: OBrien, Will > Cc: J NSP > Subject: Re: [j-nsp] Whitebox 10Gb/s capture challenge > > How much traffic is actually on the boxes? A full 10G or some fraction? > Are they in the same datacenter? There are muxing boxes from &

Re: [j-nsp] Whitebox 10Gb/s capture challenge

2012-01-12 Thread Jonathan Lassoff
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Drew Weaver wrote: > Everyone pointed out really good notes here as well but as far as I know and > this may have changed recently but if you do the 10Gbps / smallest possible > packet size you'll crush the CPU before it ever gets anywhere near the disks. I bel

Re: [j-nsp] Whitebox 10Gb/s capture challenge

2012-01-12 Thread Drew Weaver
Will Cc: J NSP Subject: Re: [j-nsp] Whitebox 10Gb/s capture challenge How much traffic is actually on the boxes? A full 10G or some fraction? Are they in the same datacenter? There are muxing boxes from onpath,apcon, anue, net optics, etc. which might let you get away with less actual capture de

Re: [j-nsp] Whitebox 10Gb/s capture challenge

2012-01-09 Thread Phil Bedard
How much traffic is actually on the boxes? A full 10G or some fraction? Are they in the same datacenter? There are muxing boxes from onpath,apcon, anue, net optics, etc. which might let you get away with less actual capture devices. Keep in mind some of those solutions are fairly expensive

Re: [j-nsp] Whitebox 10Gb/s capture challenge

2012-01-09 Thread Wojciech Owczarek
On the software side of things (and in conjunction with Intel 10GE NICs), have a look at PF_RING from www.ntop.org. Cheers Wojciech [ Sent from my iPhone ] On 9 Jan 2012, at 18:16, Phil Mayers wrote: > On 09/01/12 18:11, OBrien, Will wrote: >> I've used the copper sfp+ to sfp+ cables with

Re: [j-nsp] Whitebox 10Gb/s capture challenge

2012-01-09 Thread Phil Mayers
On 09/01/12 18:11, OBrien, Will wrote: I've used the copper sfp+ to sfp+ cables with them just fine. Sure; but what about optics? In our case, we need to receive output of an optical tap. Also, I can get dual port intel 10gtb nics for about $300. Single or dual-port? I'll agree that 10Gb

Re: [j-nsp] Whitebox 10Gb/s capture challenge

2012-01-09 Thread OBrien, Will
I've used the copper sfp+ to sfp+ cables with them just fine. Also, I can get dual port intel 10gtb nics for about $300. On Jan 9, 2012, at 12:06 PM, Phil Mayers wrote: > On 09/01/12 17:45, Joel jaeggli wrote: > >> >> Intel Ethernet X520-SR2 Server Adapter is ~$950, that's your dual port > >

Re: [j-nsp] Whitebox 10Gb/s capture challenge

2012-01-09 Thread Phil Mayers
On 09/01/12 16:05, OBrien, Will wrote: I'm pondering the idea of trying to build a relatively inexpensive 10Gb capture box. The simple solution is a dell R710 with 10Gb nics. I have some, they work, but I'd have to spend $50k to get enough of them. So, my challenge is keeping the price point i

Re: [j-nsp] Whitebox 10Gb/s capture challenge

2012-01-09 Thread Phil Mayers
On 09/01/12 17:45, Joel jaeggli wrote: Intel Ethernet X520-SR2 Server Adapter is ~$950, that's your dual port As I understand it, the Intel server NICs are vendor-locked to Intel SFP+ - correct? ___ juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether

Re: [j-nsp] Whitebox 10Gb/s capture challenge

2012-01-09 Thread Justin M. Streiner
On Mon, 9 Jan 2012, OBrien, Will wrote: I'm pondering the idea of trying to build a relatively inexpensive 10Gb capture box. The simple solution is a dell R710 with 10Gb nics. I have some, they work, but I'd have to spend $50k to get enough of them. So, my challenge is keeping the price point

Re: [j-nsp] Whitebox 10Gb/s capture challenge

2012-01-09 Thread Joel jaeggli
On 1/9/12 08:05 , OBrien, Will wrote: > I'm pondering the idea of trying to build a relatively inexpensive 10Gb > capture box. > The simple solution is a dell R710 with 10Gb nics. I have some, they work, > but I'd have to spend $50k to get enough of them. > > So, my challenge is keeping the pric

[j-nsp] Whitebox 10Gb/s capture challenge

2012-01-09 Thread OBrien, Will
I'm pondering the idea of trying to build a relatively inexpensive 10Gb capture box. The simple solution is a dell R710 with 10Gb nics. I have some, they work, but I'd have to spend $50k to get enough of them. So, my challenge is keeping the price point is something around $1000-$1500 - basical