I've got the server in production now. Everything is a bit overkill (except the CPU, but it's ok). 1.6GHz Atom (dual core, HT off), 2GB of RAM and dual 16GB high speed CF cards (RAID-1 in a 2.5" SATA enclosure).
The UM interface is still not instantaneous, but it is improved. When it hits the CPU hard (which it does), it only pulls 50% (one core, would only hit 25% when HT was enabled in the BIOS and the RouterOS was showing 4 cores). I see the CPU perk above 50% during those times, telling me that the SMP support it doing it's job and the other core is being used for other tasks. RAM and storage usage is minimal. If anyone else is wanting to try something similar, I'd recommend throwing more CPU at it. This board made for a clean, cheap and easy solution though. -Paul On Jul 12, 2010, at 5:05 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: > I don't know if I would get an Atom CPU for a user manager box but I know > that box would be an improvement over the RB anything. > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Paul Gerstenberger <[email protected]> wrote: > So you think an Atom based x86 server with an SSD will do pretty well for a > dedicated User Manager box? > > Something like this: > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101262 > > -Paul > > On Jul 12, 2010, at 11:38 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: > > > You may be having a disk IO issue - the Routerboards are quite slow > > reading to "disk". A junkyard PC would probably be faster then the > > RB1000. > > > > Do you have CPU and RAM graphed? If not you should...and on every > > other RouterOS device, too. > > > > As of 3.18 or 22 (around there) you get /sys store which let's you > > move just about everything. > > > > Josh Luthman > > Office: 937-552-2340 > > Direct: 937-552-2343 > > 1100 Wayne St > > Suite 1337 > > Troy, OH 45373 > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Paul Gerstenberger <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'd be very interested in something like this. I attempted a freeradius > >> install once, but gave up when I found the User Manager so quick and easy. > >> > >> So would running the UM in a VM likely solve the performance issues? There > >> is one other thing I thought of: I downgraded the RAM in the RB1000 where > >> I'm running the UM to 512MB (from 2GB) when I was troubleshooting an issue > >> earlier. I put the board back into production but forgot to restore the > >> RAM. Perhaps that might help... > >> > >> I'm using the internal filesystem on the RB, can I point the UM to a CF > >> card instead? > >> > >> -Paul > >> > >> On Jul 9, 2010, at 10:28 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: > >> > >>> I am working on making a fresh WIKI article to walk someone through > >>> setting up FreeRADIUS, MySQL, and FreeSide. > >>> > >>> ----- > >>> Mike Hammett > >>> Intelligent Computing Solutions > >>> http://www.ics-il.com > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 7/9/2010 12:21 PM, David wrote: > >>>> You should switch to using and external radius like freeradius and use a > >>>> database like mysql. > >>>> > >>>> David Blood > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > >>>>> Behalf Of Paul Gerstenberger > >>>>> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 11:18 AM > >>>>> To: WISPA General List > >>>>> Subject: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives > >>>>> > >>>>> We've started out using the Mikrotik User Manager package on an RB1000 > >>>>> for our PPPoE authentication and accounting, but the interface is > >>>>> slowing down now that we've got a few hundred customers on it and a few > >>>>> months of accounting info. And we're only about a quarter of the way > >>>>> into our current customer base. > >>>>> > >>>>> I like the simplicity and integration of the user manager, but is it > >>>>> just not practical for 1000+ accounts? What of running RouterOS and UM > >>>>> on x86 hardware? > >>>>> > >>>>> Is there a way to clear the log files or groom them past a month or two > >>>>> to keep the database size in check? The last backup I took was 14Mb. > >>>>> > >>>>> -Paul > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>> --------- > >>>>> WISPA Wants You! 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