From: Cyrus (cyrus.mgh@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Dec 25 2008 - 08:58:17 ARST
Lovnish,
Did u run full scenario on your laptop? (ospf bgp ,... ) What I see is after
running ospf and bgp , every thing become slow, u cannot ping some
interfaces due to lost packet.
Cyrus
On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 9:12 PM, <lovnish.sharma@bt.com> wrote:
> I purchased a Laptop with below configration & I am able to run all the
> routers & switches of IE Labs simulteneously on Dynamips.
>
> I am able work without any hassles on this configuration.
>
> Sony Vaio, VGN FW21E model
>
> CPU
>
> Microprocessor Full Name Intel. Core(tm)2 Duo Processor P8400,
> Supports Enhanced Intel SpeedStep. Technology
> Microprocessor Manufacturer Intel.
> Microprocessor Speed (GHz) 2.26
> L2 Cache (KB) 3072 Advanced Smart Cache
> Frontside Bus (MHz) 1066
> Number of Cores 2
>
> Memory
>
> Memory Speed (MHz) 800
> Memory Type DDR2 SDRAM (2x2048MB)
> Max. Memory (MB) 4096
> Max Memory Comment In the case of 4GB, a portion of the system memory
> over 3GB might not be available to the operating system
> Memory Size (MB) 4096
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com on behalf of Andy Hogard
> Sent: Thu 25/12/2008 08:29
> To: Piotr
> Cc: Nick Griffin; CCIE in6months; Cisco certification
> Subject: Re: Dynamips server recommendation
>
>
>
> Hahah, was not able to resists some googling on the processors, yeah Q6600
> turns out to be more bang for the money atm. While Q8820/30 will sooner or
> latter will replace them, and prolly go down to the 180USD price line. :)
>
> Sorry for going a bit OT. :P
>
> On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Andy Hogard <andyhogard@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hmm, I actually meant the Q8200/Q8300 earlier and not qQ8800 ..sorry for
> > the errata.
> >
> > Piotr, wouldnt it be better if one goes by the benchmarking results for
> > multithreaded applications (games) rather than just l3/l2 cache nos. eh.
> You
> > know the best place to lookup would be tomshardware charts, again I am
> not
> > the one building this machine, so wont get into nitty gritty details of
> it.
> >
> > Yeah I know for the price of ram 8gig seems to be ok, but again not all
> > have a free unlimited budget.
> >
> > My two cents.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 5:56 AM, Piotr <usaccie@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I have the Q6600 quad core vista 64 bit OS, 8gb ram and dynamips fly's
> on
> >> it. I know if I move to ubuntu it will be even faster but it runs fine
> now
> >> so why change OS's!
> >> Do some research on the processor before you buy. Like the Q8300 comes
> >> with
> >> a very crappy 4mb cache, waste of money.
> >>
> >> It must be a quad core. The Q6600 packs a lot of bang for the buck and
> is
> >> a
> >> VERY good processor. It's better then some of the new ones.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://compare.intel.com/pcc/showchart.aspx?mmID=38497,37586,37582,458896,49445,33423,39107,885492&familyID=1&culture=en-US
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Nick Griffin
> >> <nick.jon.griffin@gmail.com>wrote:
> >>
> >> > I built a cheap server comprised of a Q6600 quad core processor, 8 gig
> >> of
> >> > memory, terabyte of drive space (7200) rpm. I run this on a suse 10.3,
> >> and
> >> > I
> >> > can easily run a R/S topology with protocols, as well as a s/p
> topology
> >> > with
> >> > the cpu in the 60-80% range, between 30-40 routers. I spent around
> $900,
> >> > and
> >> > with the right idle pc values it works awesome. I would definitly go
> >> with
> >> > the quad core option.
> >> >
> >> > HTH
> >> >
> >> > Nick Griffin
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 8:39 AM, CCIE in6months <
> >> cciein6months@gmail.com
> >> > >wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Hello group,
> >> > >
> >> > > I am preparing for R*S lab and at this stage I am arranging R&S lab
> >> > > equipment. I am not thinking to buy real equipment but dynamips
> >> server.
> >> > >
> >> > > Can anyone advise which of the options below would be the right one
> ,
> >> > > regardless of cost. I need a good performance.
> >> > >
> >> > > Option 1
> >> > > ======
> >> > > Dual-core XEON 3.0 GHZ processor, 4GIG RAM, 72Ghz Hard-disk (HP
> >> ML580
> >> > G3
> >> > > server)
> >> > >
> >> > > Option 2
> >> > > ======
> >> > > Single Quad Core 3.0 Ghz processor, 4 GIG RAM, 72Ghz Hard-disk (Dell
> >> or
> >> > > local brand)
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > Any consideration for low noise server? I know HP server is going to
> >> make
> >> > > noise.
> >> > >
> >> > > All I need is to run dynamips on this server. I will be using IEWB
> 5x
> >> to
> >> > > start with and later on other vendor.
> >> > >
> >> > > Thanks in Advance
> >> > >
> >> > >
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