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Subject: [quagga-users 13269] Re: Advice on hardware/OS for BGP router
From: Sanjeev Gupta <sanjeev () dcs1 ! biz>
Date: 2013-05-04 3:16:27
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Hi,
For 3 years, I ran quagga on a what was a (effectively) desktop at our HQ.
We had 2 full BGP feeds. The desktop config was:
1. Pentium 2.x GHz
2. Quad-port Intel NIC
3. 2GB RAM
4. HW RAID-1 (2x160GB PATA)
5. Debian 4 or so (this was 2006)
the machine ran flawlessly, without a hiccup. It also was the DHCP/DNS
Server (multiple internal subnets), and squid as a proxy for outgoing
traffic.
It was routing 2 6M WAN links, and multiple internal networks.
Your Dell 1450 should not break a sweat, or even notice the load. The only
issue may be that your PCI bus gets saturated, you may want a quad-port NIC
on PCI-E. The other minor quibble is hardware failure (which is why I was
using a desktop, I had 40 exact same configs being used by staff, so if I
had had a power-supply or motherboard failure, I could have swapped with
whoever was on leave today).
--
Sanjeev Gupta
+65 98551208 http://sg.linkedin.com/in/ghane
On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 8:03 AM, Ace Slash <aceslash@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have to set up 2 quagga that will have to handle 2 BGP (full table)
> neighbors, an IBGP session between them and some ospf, like this :
> ||
> Datacenter A || Datacenter B
> ||
> AS ISP 1 AS ISP 2 || AS ISP 1 AS ISP 2
> | | || | |
> | | || | |
> | | || | |
> | | Our AS | |
> +---+------+---+ || +---+------+---+
> | | || | |
> | Quagga A | || | Quagga B |
> | |/___________IBGP OSPF____________\| |
> +------+-------+ || +------+-------+
> | || |
> |OSPF || |OSPF
> | || |
> V || V
>
> They will serve some fairly busy network (outgoing = 150Mbps average
> and incoming = 50Mbps at peak hour).
>
> I have some old Dell 1425 with 3Ghz QuadCore CPU/8GB RAM/Intergrated
> Intel 82541GI network card + Intel PCI 82546GB quad port card and I'm
> wondering if they can handle it... and if they can, if I should
> install a freebsd or a Linux on those (I'm more comfortable with Linux
> but if there is a significant gain from freebsd, I may consider it).
>
> If I need something better than those 1425, please give me some advice
> on what kind of hardware I should look for.
>
> Thank you for your time,
> Regards,
> A.
>
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<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi,<br><br></div>For 3 years, I ran quagga on a what was a \
(effectively) desktop at our HQ. We had 2 full BGP feeds. The desktop config \
was:<br><br><ol><li>Pentium 2.x GHz</li><li>Quad-port Intel NIC</li> <li>2GB \
RAM</li><li>HW RAID-1 (2x160GB PATA)</li><li>Debian 4 or so (this was \
2006)<br></li></ol>the machine ran flawlessly, without a hiccup. It also was the \
DHCP/DNS Server (multiple internal subnets), and squid as a proxy for outgoing \
traffic. <br> <br></div>It was routing 2 6M WAN links, and multiple internal \
networks.<br><div><div><br></div><div>Your Dell 1450 should not break a sweat, or \
even notice the load. The only issue may be that your PCI bus gets saturated, you \
may want a quad-port NIC on PCI-E. The other minor quibble is hardware failure \
(which is why I was using a desktop, I had 40 exact same configs being used by staff, \
so if I had had a power-supply or motherboard failure, I could have swapped with \
whoever was on leave today).<br> </div><div><br></div></div></div><div \
class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>-- <br>Sanjeev Gupta<br>+65 98551208 <a \
href="http://sg.linkedin.com/in/ghane" \
target="_blank">http://sg.linkedin.com/in/ghane</a><br></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 8:03 AM, Ace Slash <span \
dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aceslash@gmail.com" \
target="_blank">aceslash@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex"> Hi,<br>
<br>
I have to set up 2 quagga that will have to handle 2 BGP (full table)<br>
neighbors, an IBGP session between them and some ospf, like this :<br>
||<br>
Datacenter A || Datacenter B<br>
||<br>
AS ISP 1 AS ISP 2 || AS ISP 1 AS ISP 2<br>
| | || | |<br>
| | || | |<br>
| | || | |<br>
| | Our AS | |<br>
+---+------+---+ || +---+------+---+<br>
| | || | |<br>
| Quagga A | || | Quagga B |<br>
| |/___________IBGP OSPF____________\| |<br>
+------+-------+ || +------+-------+<br>
| || |<br>
|OSPF || |OSPF<br>
| || |<br>
V || V<br>
<br>
They will serve some fairly busy network (outgoing = 150Mbps average<br>
and incoming = 50Mbps at peak hour).<br>
<br>
I have some old Dell 1425 with 3Ghz QuadCore CPU/8GB RAM/Intergrated<br>
Intel 82541GI network card + Intel PCI 82546GB quad port card and I'm<br>
wondering if they can handle it... and if they can, if I should<br>
install a freebsd or a Linux on those (I'm more comfortable with Linux<br>
but if there is a significant gain from freebsd, I may consider it).<br>
<br>
If I need something better than those 1425, please give me some advice<br>
on what kind of hardware I should look for.<br>
<br>
Thank you for your time,<br>
Regards,<br>
A.<br>
<br>
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