If a tower router is only doing OSPF routing and no connection tracking is
a 3011 faster for that 1 task than a CCR since it has 1.4Ghz CPU vs the CCR
with a 1Ghz CPU?

On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 11:22 AM, Kurt Fankhauser <[email protected]>
wrote:

> If a tower router is only doing OSPF routing and no connection tracking is
> a 3011 faster for that 1 task than a CCR since it has 1.4Ghz CPU vs the CCR
> with a 1Ghz CPU?
>
> On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 11:42 AM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> My rule of thumb is >50% = upgrade.
>> I wouldn't argue with 25% either.
>>
>> We see a % CPU usage which updates every second.  I don't know if it's a
>> 1 second average, or a rolling 5 second average, or whatever.  Either way
>> there could be milliseconds within that average where all CPU time is
>> occupied and it wouldn't show in the display.  If we're trying to carry
>> traffic which is sensitive to milliseconds of delay (VoIP) then my feeling
>> is ought to be safer to keep the CPU usage low.
>>
>> I have no data to back this up.  It's basically just the philosophy that
>> I'd rather have it and not need it than need it not have it.
>>
>>
>>
>> ------ Original Message ------
>> From: "Mathew Howard" <[email protected]>
>> To: "af" <[email protected]>
>> Sent: 4/5/2018 9:10:41 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] CPU - when to upgrade
>>
>> I start getting paranoid if I see more than about 25% CPU load on a
>> Mikrotik... whether or not that's actually having any impact on
>> performance, I don't know, but I suspect at 70% it is - I would certainly
>> upgrade it to something faster at that point. What model of Mikrotik is it?
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 5, 2018, 7:24 PM Rhys Cuff (Latrobe I.T) <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Guys
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> When you have a router and cpu is hitting about 60 – 70% with traffic
>>> load would that impact speeds?
>>>
>>> I’ve got a few links that don’t seem to go as hard as they should, but I
>>> can’t find the reason.
>>>
>>> The routers are MikroTik and the radios (also highish cpu) are ubnt with
>>> plenty of airtime free)
>>>
>>> Hmmm, That’s another question, at what Airtime % will you start to see
>>> impacted performance?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Rhys
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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