Re: new R&S lab 4.0 home lab upgrade.

I agree. You don't need a supersystem to run Dynamips. I ran 10 routers on a
MacBook Air with ease. On a Mac Mini with enough RAM, preferably 4GB it runs
flawlessly. You can even do it with very cheap hardware and run 64-bit
linux.

Still I prefer real hardware :-)

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Rick Mur
CCIE2 #21946 (R&S / Service Provider)
Juniper JNCIA-ER & JNCIA-EX
MCSA:Messaging, MCSE
Sr. Support Engineer  IPexpert, Inc.
URL: http://www.IPexpert.com
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Dark Fiber <darkfiber08_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Or just buy one mac mini and call it a day
>
> On 8/4/09, Haroon <itguy.pro_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > If you are going the dynamips route then make sure you have a powerful
> > server to run your topologies. I tried running 7 router network with few
> > switches on a dell powervault an intel dual core 3.0 ghz with 4GB ram and
> it
> > was just too slow!
> >
> > I convinced my boss to buy dual-core dual or quad CPU with server with
> 8GB
> > ram and things are a lot smoother than they ever were. Its similar to
> this
> > on ebay
> > DELL POWEREDGE 1850 2 X 2.8GHZ DUAL CORE
> > XEON<
>
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5574805266&t
oolid=10001&campid=5336373970&customid=&icep_item=200360744111&ipn=psmain&ice
p_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg
> >
> >
> > Good luck studying!
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 3:29 PM, <dls152_at_cox.net> wrote:
> >
> >> I am looking to upgrade my home lab rack and need some help trying to
> >> determine what is needed for new r&s lab? Can anyone help?
> >>
> >> Current lab:
> >> 4x 2600's
> >> 2x 3640's
> >> 1x 1700 backbone routers
> >> 2x 2600 backbone routers
> >> 4x 3750's
> >>
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