Re: OT Dynamips question

I think OS makes a difference too... overall, I think you get better
efficiency when using linux and mac os x, then you do with
microsoft...

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Laidlaw, Patrick A.
<Patrick.Laidlaw_at_wwt.com> wrote:
> I'm guessing that I should be shooting for about 18 to 20 routers per
> machine.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 1:37 PM
> To: Laidlaw, Patrick A.; michael haynes
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> Subject: RE: OT Dynamips question
>
> Hi Patrick,
>
> If the software can handle such load (I've never tried more than 20-25)
> you can probably get away with a quad core CPU; configure the best
> idlePC and split them up across your cores using the "affinity" feature
> of Windows (or Unix). Using a 2.6Ghz Quad; each core should be able to
> handle 10 routers.
>
> You can buy such machine for less than $300 off ebay but if double your
> budget you will get a nice safety margin as well.
>
> HTH
>
> PS. Try to choose the minimum boxes which are able to do the job; for
> instance if you don't have to run 7200 with 256MB mem, go for a 2691
> (does support MPLS VPN)
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Laidlaw, Patrick A.
> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 1:15 PM
> To: michael haynes
> Cc: ccielab
> Subject: RE: OT Dynamips question
>
> I'm looking at 50 routers.
>
>
>
> From: michael haynes [mailto:mghaynes_at_gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 1:14 PM
> To: Laidlaw, Patrick A.
> Cc: ccielab
> Subject: Re: OT Dynamips question
>
>
>
> Not sure what you mean by 'very large'...I have a quad core server
> running with 8 gigs of ram using gentoo linux and it runs 12-15 routers
> just fine plus vmware and being used as a file server....
>
>
>
> Michael
>
> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Laidlaw, Patrick A.
> <Patrick.Laidlaw_at_wwt.com> wrote:
>
> Hey guys I'm looking at putting together a very large dynamips setup. I
> wanted to see what the maximum number of routers people have tried to
> lab up that included bgp and other routing protocols running. I'm
> pretty sure I'm going to have to put my lab together on at least three
> servers.
>
> Patrick
>
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