From: Kim (support@isolvesystems.com)
Date: Tue May 22 2007 - 12:13:23 ART
Paul,
What's the CPU and memory utilization when you run more than 10 routers with
full BGP configured?
Regards,
Kim
On 5/22/07, Paul Borghese <pborghese@groupstudy.com> wrote:
>
> I recently purchased a new box for Dynamips. Fry's has specials almost
> every week on CPU/Motherboard deals. In fact, now is a good time to
> purchase as AMD and Intel are in a price war.
>
> I was able to purchase an AMD Dual Core X2 3800+ processor and motherboard
> for $85.00 from Frys. The motherboard includes an Ethernet interface and
> graphics card.
>
> My complete system is the following:
>
> AMD X2 3800+ and
> Motherboard (ECS GeForce 6100SM-M): $85.00
>
> Case: $49.00 - $20.00 Rebate: $29.00
>
> 4 GB/Memory from Frys.com: $229.00
>
>
> With the correct Dynamips configuration I can easily run 20 simultaneous
> routers without issues. In order to obtain the Processor/Motherboard deal
> you need to walk into the local Frys as I believe the deals are not
> advertised online. Every week the deals change but expect to pay around
> $100 for a dual core CPU/Motherboard combo.
>
> For the memory, I found Frys.com to be less expensive then the retail
> store.
>
>
> For the OS, I highly recommend CentOS 5 which is a Linux distribution.
> You can also install my Virtual Pod (www.virtualpod.org) OS based upon
> Ubuntu ... but frankly I have not had time to work on it and it needs
> updating.
>
> I have it setup so a user account immediately drops you into Dynagen. So
> you simply give your username/password and are immediately connected to
> the dynagen front-end.
>
> If you want to see it in action, send me a private e-mail and I will
> create an account for you.
>
> Take care,
>
> Paul Borghese
> pborghese@groupstudy.com
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> > With Linux, difference in performance is some what 30-40% gain.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> > Du,
> > Jianbo
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 2:38 PM
> > To: Guyler, Rik; Radioactive Frog; Cisco certification
> > Subject: RE: Cheap hardware for Dynamips
> >
> > I am running dynamips with 9 routers (3640) and 4 switches (3640) in a
> > Linux server (2x 1.8CPU + 4G RAM). It running very well excepted an
> > acceptable delay. You may try it on Linux platform before upgrade
> > hardware.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Jerry
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> > Guyler, Rik
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 7:27 PM
> > To: 'Radioactive Frog'; 'Cisco certification'
> > Subject: RE: Cheap hardware for Dynamips
> >
> > Frog, have you checked out eBay? I've found dozens of tier-1 servers
> > out
> > there for next to nothing. Now you may have to add the memory and hard
> > drives yourself but if you only spend $150 for a dual-proc box then you
> > should have something left over (some have them, some don't). I don't
> > know
> > about a 4-proc box though. To get a reasonably modern server in a 4-way
> > config for cheap is going to be a rare find I think. It may be much
> > more
> > feasible to get two of the 2-way boxes instead.
> >
> > Rik
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> > Radioactive Frog
> > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 11:52 PM
> > To: Cisco certification
> > Subject: OT: Cheap hardware for Dynamips
> >
> > Hi,
> > I am running dynamips on 2gigs cpu/1gig ram but can not run more than 6
> > instances.
> >
> > Just wondering if anyone can suggest a cheap hardware (PC/Server) with 4
> > CPU
> > and 3-4 gigs RAM. I believe using this type of high configuration, I
> > would
> > be able to run more then 15 instances.
> >
> > Froggie..
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