But i believe the RB1000 has a coprocessor for certain applicaitons so you can't really have a global which is better although you could choose the best tool for certain task...
Scott Carullo Brevard Wireless 321-205-1100 x102 -------- Original Message -------- > From: "can...@believewireless.net" <p...@believewireless.net> > Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 12:49 AM > To: "n...@brevardwireless.com" <n...@brevardwireless.com>, "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] MT on Atom > > If you are doing BGP, I will take a dual core CPU over a single core > even if it's slower. On Mikrotik, BGP updates kill the CPU which can > cause packet loss and other issues that happen when the CPU spikes to > 100%. With dual cores, BGP updates eat up 100% of only one core and > the second can handle routing and other functions. > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 12:29 AM, Nick Olsen <n...@brevardwireless.com> wrote: > > I figure the RB1000 is faster, its "made" for routing. > > But I'm sure the atom platform could hold its ground. > > I'd mainly like to see bandwidth tests. > > > > Nick Olsen > > Brevard Wireless > > (321) 205-1100 x106 > > > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > > From: "Travis Johnson" <t...@ida.net> > > Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 12:09 AM > > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] MT on Atom > > > > In our bench testing, the RB1000 actually performs very well. You can't > > just compare CPU's (as I'm sure you know). The RB1000 was designed from > > the ground up to move packets. The Atom CPU was designed as an > > inexpensive computer system. > > > > I think I have a dual-core 1.6ghz Atom board and CPU (Intel brand of > > both) and an RB1000. I can run some performance tests... what do you > > want to see? > > > > Travis > > Microserv > > > > Butch Evans wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2009-10-15 at 13:10 -0600, Travis Johnson wrote: > > > > Probably about the equivalent of the RB1000 (but only with 2 FE ports). > > > > > > > > About the equivalent of the rb1000? You gotta be kidding! RB1000 is > > 1.3GHz SINGLE CORE cpu. That one is 1.6GHz Dual-core. It'll be a LOT > > more different than just the 2XFE (vs 4XGig). > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
