Fwd: Updated Ookla Speedtest Server Requirements

Eliezer Croitoru eliezer at ngtech.co.il
Fri Nov 13 01:44:51 UTC 2015


On 10/11/2015 03:19, Lorell Hathcock wrote:
> Currently using IBM/LENOVO x3550  / 12 GB RAM / 2 x Xeon E5620

What???? This is an overkill for this tiny task.

>>>
>>>10GbE uplink currently handling ~2gbps peak traffic.
These services are not meant to sustain 10Gbe for a very long time.
The specs from:
http://www.ookla.com/support/a26461638/

Are pretty good and accurate.
As long you won't use ATOM CPUs you will probably max the 10Gbe.

Eliezer



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