From: AnotherCCIE in6months (cciein6months@gmail.com)
Date: Sun Dec 28 2008 - 12:44:26 ARST
Thanks Cyrus.
On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 5:04 PM, Cyrus <cyrus.mgh@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey mate,
>
> I think if u buy a dual-core laptop and u remove Bill's crap from it and
> put a linux on your laptop,this will do the job for u . But in case of using
> windows,in this case my laptop is vaio sz440 and runs vista ,after u running
> ospf and bgp every thing start being wired. I added another laptop , Dell
> inspiron 1526 running server 2003, to address these issues. Even by
> distributing 2 topologies across two boxes, I experience ping packets start
> dropping once in a while and increasing timeout will solve the problem,but
> your hellos for IGP and BGP, PIM and any thing that form neighbor
> relationship may break.
>
> I noticed that laptop runing server 2003 work baout 70-80% but another one
> works near 100%. Vista is resource hunger so be carefull about it.
>
> my reommendation is buy a quad core pc and run linux on it.it's more than
> enough cpu really doesn't mather so much (of course I don't mean does not
> matter at all!!! ) as long as it is quad and OS is linux u would not have
> problem.
>
>
> I'm close to my voice exam lab date, under 1 month. for last few months I
> run ccm and unity on my boxes. but I cannot fire up 2 vmware at same mechine
> at the same time. (pub on vaio and unity on Dell laptop). if u load your
> quad pc with enough ram ,more than 4 Gigs (8 will be great) ,u can run pub
> ,sub, unity and even dynamips on your linux quad box.
>
> I wrote a detail comment on blindhog.net blog about running dynamips for
> voice and why not to use dynamips for voice,u can google it .
>
>
> HTH,
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 1:30 AM, AnotherCCIE in6months <
> cciein6months@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks guys,
>> Cyrus can u share your experience as I checked achieve and notice that you
>> are recent R&S CCIE.
>>
>> If anyone who's doing CCIE in voice, let me know if they need similar kind
>> of clarification.
>>
>>
>> AnotherCCIE in6months
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 9:58 PM, Cyrus <cyrus.mgh@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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