Re: OT Dynamips question

Thanks.

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On May 17, 2010, at 5:55 PM, "Antonio Soares" <amsoares_at_netcabo.pt>
wrote:

> There's also the new i7 980X...
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Antonio Soares, CCIE #18473 (R&S/SP)
> amsoares_at_netcabo.pt
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf
> Of William Karn
> Sent: terC'a-feira, 18 de Maio de 2010 0:18
> To: Group Study
> Cc: Laidlaw, Patrick A.; Kambiz Agahian; michael haynes; ccielab
> Subject: Re: OT Dynamips question
>
> If you are building a new machine, check out those brand new hex
> core procs
> that AMD just released, should be ideal for what you are trying to
> accomplish. Oh and plently of RAM too.
>
> -Bill
>
> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Group Study <gs_at_netengineer.org>
> wrote:
>
>> 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-----
>>> From: Kambiz Agahian [mailto:kagahian_at_ccbootcamp.com]
>>> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 1:37 PM
>>> To: Laidlaw, Patrick A.; michael haynes
>>> Cc: ccielab
>>> 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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