Great info/stats Andrew. Thank you! Dylan
On Apr 23, 2011, at 1:46 PM, Andrew Cox wrote: > I gotta go with Josh on this, as far as bang for buck goes at the moment, > there's nothing in the RB world even close to what an x86 device can put out > for roughly twice the cost of an RB1100 > Plus you can get a box with IPMI in case you ever break anything badly .. or > a Mikrotik update does :-P > > We have an Intel 2ghz Quad Core 1RU box pushing up to 100Mbps of traffic > (with a large QoS tree) that hits a maximum of 28% CPU at the moment, > servicing around 500~ hotspot users daily. > (before anyone asks, it's running multi-cpu=yes and that's an average across > all 4 cores, however normally 1 core sits about 2-5% higher than the others > due to some mikrotik processes lacking multi-threaded capabilities at this > time) > > Kind Regards, > Andrew Cox > > On 22 April 2011 23:51, Josh Luthman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> X86 is cheaper and more powerful. Large number of ports is really the only >> catch. >> On Apr 22, 2011 10:17 AM, "Dylan Bouterse" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Is there a common thread to the issues with the 1xxx models? I'm assuming >> it's a hardware thing, but I've heard people on both sides of the fence. >> Some say they're crap, others say they've had them in service since they >> came out and have had no issues. The track record isn't good overall, but >> if >> there's some commonality to the issues, it's worth weighing in to the >> decision considering the price vs. a purpose built appliance that will do >> passthrough. >>> >>> Dylan >>> >>> On Apr 22, 2011, at 10:12 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: >>> >>>> I don't trust those 1xxx models and would use x86. A garage sale PC >> would >>>> be more reliable IMO. >>>> >>>> Josh Luthman >>>> Office: 937-552-2340 >>>> Direct: 937-552-2343 >>>> 1100 Wayne St >>>> Suite 1337 >>>> Troy, OH 45373 >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Dylan Bouterse <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>>> >>>>> No NAT >>>>> Inspection would be whatever is needed to identify traffic in a >> firewall >>>>> rule, mangle and add DSCP value to the streams. >>>>> >>>>> So in the RB world, a 1000 would be the minimum, and then any appliance >>>>> that does passthrough which would likely cost more than RB1000 and I'm >>>>> pretty sure the RB1000 would be sufficient performance wise. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks! >>>>> >>>>> Dylan >>>>> >>>>> On Apr 22, 2011, at 10:04 AM, Chupaka wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> 1) NAT? Queues? >>>>>> 2) the first RB that can passthrough 2 ports is RB1000, afair >>>>>> 3) what kind of inspection and analysis? >>>>>> 4) any RouterOS-based system =) >>>>>> >>>>>> 2011/4/22 Dylan Bouterse <[email protected]> >>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm interested in putting a MT device in place for a couple of >> reasons. >>>>>>> I'll try to be as descriptive as possible. I'm looking for a >>>>> recommendation >>>>>>> on the cheapest (damn budget) solution to achieve what I'm looking >> for. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Needs to process 50-100Mb of traffic. >>>>>>> Prefer passthrough ports in case device loses power. >>>>>>> Will be inspecting traffic and doing protocol analysis. >>>>>>> Mangling traffic based on src/dst IP and changing/adding DSCP values. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Is that enough for a recommendation? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Dylan >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Mikrotik mailing list >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik >>>>>>> RouterOS >>>>>>> >>>>>> -------------- next part -------------- >>>>>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>>>>> URL: < >>>>> >> >> http://www.butchevans.com/pipermail/mikrotik/attachments/20110422/c8be2361/attachment.html >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Mikrotik mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik >>>>>> >>>>>> Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik >>>>> RouterOS >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Mikrotik mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik >>>>> >>>>> Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik >>>>> RouterOS >>>>> >>>> -------------- next part -------------- >>>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>>> URL: < >> >> http://www.butchevans.com/pipermail/mikrotik/attachments/20110422/f5d791b6/attachment.html >>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mikrotik mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik >>>> >>>> Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik >> RouterOS >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mikrotik mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik >>> >>> Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik >> RouterOS >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> http://www.butchevans.com/pipermail/mikrotik/attachments/20110422/e3576ec4/attachment.html >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mikrotik mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik >> >> Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik >> RouterOS >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://www.butchevans.com/pipermail/mikrotik/attachments/20110424/b0938d20/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Mikrotik mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik > > Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list [email protected] http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS
