Re: RAM needed for DHCP + router?

2011-05-27 Thread Chris Hill
On Fri, 27 May 2011, Jaime Kikpole wrote: On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 7:46 PM, Chris Hill wrote: I'm looking to build a NAT / DHCP box for a lab network for my company. My question is, how do I estimate the amount of RAM the machine will need? FWIW, I can tell you some experiences that I've had.

Re: RAM needed for DHCP + router?

2011-05-27 Thread Jaime Kikpole
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 7:46 PM, Chris Hill wrote: > I'm looking to build a NAT / DHCP box for a lab network for my company. My > question is, how do I estimate the amount of RAM the machine will need? FWIW, I can tell you some experiences that I've had. Example #1: At one time, I had as many as

Re: RAM needed for DHCP + router?

2011-05-27 Thread Daniel Staal
--As of May 26, 2011 7:46:10 PM -0400, Chris Hill is alleged to have said: I'm looking to build a NAT / DHCP box for a lab network for my company. My question is, how do I estimate the amount of RAM the machine will need? This box will be running isc-dhcpd, doing NAT either via natd or pf, and

RE: RAM needed for DHCP + router?

2011-05-27 Thread Graeme Dargie
-Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Chris Hill Sent: 27 May 2011 02:16 To: Gary Gatten; Chuck Swiger Cc: 'questi...@freebsd.org' Subject: Re: RAM needed for DHCP + router? On Thu, 26 May

Re: RAM needed for DHCP + router?

2011-05-26 Thread Chris Hill
Message - From: Chris Hill [mailto:ch...@monochrome.org] Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 06:46 PM To: FreeBSD Questions List Subject: RAM needed for DHCP + router? Hello list, I'm looking to build a NAT / DHCP box for a lab network for my company. My question is, how do I estimate the amou

Re: RAM needed for DHCP + router?

2011-05-26 Thread Gary Gatten
? Tweaked/minimal kernel, etc. - Original Message - From: Chris Hill [mailto:ch...@monochrome.org] Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 06:46 PM To: FreeBSD Questions List Subject: RAM needed for DHCP + router? Hello list, I'm looking to build a NAT / DHCP box for a lab network for my co

Re: RAM needed for DHCP + router?

2011-05-26 Thread Chuck Swiger
On May 26, 2011, at 4:46 PM, Chris Hill wrote: > I'm looking to build a NAT / DHCP box for a lab network for my company. My > question is, how do I estimate the amount of RAM the machine will need? How many DHCP leases and NAT clients? ISC's DHCPd typically runs a few tens of MB unless you have

RAM needed for DHCP + router?

2011-05-26 Thread Chris Hill
Hello list, I'm looking to build a NAT / DHCP box for a lab network for my company. My question is, how do I estimate the amount of RAM the machine will need? This box will be running isc-dhcpd, doing NAT either via natd or pf, and not much else. I expect the amount of traffic (throughput) to