1-2 gbps can easily be routed by scrap like LGA775 core2. 4 gbps is
successfully routed by old xeon X3420 (even conntrack is enabled)
any fresh Atom/Pentium N (or ULV CPU) can easily route 1-2 gbps.
On 11/13/24 13:38, mirsal wrote:
Hello Mike :)
On Wednesday, November 13th, 2024 at 10:55 AM, Mike Neo <neomike...@gmail.com>
wrote:
I am looking for a 1U rack platform with 1x or 2x psu with low power
consumption for a bird-based bgp router (Ubuntu). The supported traffic is
expected to be ~1-2Gbps. Can anyone recommend a tested solution?
That will depend heavily of how many routes it needs to hold and how many
routing updates it will need to process. (bird is part of the control plane, it
does not play any role in the actual forwarding of packets so throughput is not
really relevant to bird) Important questions would be, is it expected to hold
and process a full Internet routing table? How many peers / transit providers
are expected ?
Handling more than gigabit-ish will require either a fast CPU or some sort of
data-plane hardware acceleration, the former competing with the need for low
power consumption, while the latter might not be easy to pull off using a
general purpose operating system.
As for an appliance recommendation, I've been very satisfied with the Traverse
Ten64 which probably meets your requirements:
https://www.crowdsupply.com/traverse-technologies/ten64
Cheers!
