Low Cost 10G Router

Wed May 20 13:13:53 UTC 2015

P.S I went through HotLava Systems for the Intel-based SFP+ NICs to add to
those, http://hotlavasystems.com/ (not trying to plug; these are just hard
to find)

On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Ray Soucy <rps at maine.edu> wrote:

> You're right I dropped down to the v2 for pricing reasons:
>
> - Supermicro SuperServer 5017R-MTRF
> - 4x SATA
> - 8x DDR3
> - 400W Redundant
> - Eight-Core Intel Xeon Processor E5-2640 v2 2.00GHz 20MB Cache (95W)
> - 4 x SAMSUNG 2GB PC3-12800 DDR3-160
> - 2 x 500GB SATA 6.0Gb/s 7200RPM - 3.5" - Western Digital RE4 WD5003ABYZ
> - Supermicro System Cabinet Front Bezel CSE-PTFB-813B with Lock and Filter
> (Black)
> - No Windows Operating System (Hardware Warranty Only, No Software Support)
> - Three Year Warranty with Advanced Parts Replacement
>
> FWIW I used Sourcecode as the system builder.  They've been great to work
> with.
>
> On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Joe Greco <jgreco at ns.sol.net> wrote:
>
>> > How cheap is cheap and what performance numbers are you looking for?
>> >
>> > About as cheap as you can get:
>> >
>> > For about $3,000 you can build a Supermicro OEM system with an 8-core
>> Xeon
>> > E5 V3 and 4-port 10G Intel SFP+ NIC with 8G of RAM running VyOS.  The
>> pro
>> > is that BGP convergence time will be good (better than a 7200 VXR), and
>> > number of tables likely won't be a concern since RAM is cheap.  The con
>> is
>> > that you're not doing things in hardware, so you'll have higher latency,
>> > and your PPS will be lower.
>>
>> What 8 core Xeon E5 v3 would that be?  The 26xx's are hideously pricey,
>> and for a router, you're probably better off with something like a
>> Supermicro X10SRn fsvo "n" with a Xeon E5-1650v3.  Board is typically
>> around $300, 1650 is around $550, so total cost I'm guessing closer to
>> $1500-$2000 that route.
>>
>> The edge you get there is the higher clock on the CPU.  Only six cores
>> and only 15M cache, but 3.5GHz.  The E5-2643v3 is three times the cost
>> for very similar performance specs.  Costwise, E5 single socket is the
>> way to go unless you *need* more.
>>
>> ... JG
>> --
>> Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net
>> "We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and]
>> then I
>> won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail
>> spam(CNN)
>> With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many
>> apples.
>>
>
>
>
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> Ray Patrick Soucy
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> University of Maine System
>
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