Choosing CPU for router

[Jon Otterholm]

Den 2010-03-23 19.36, skrev "Jon Otterholm"
<jon.otterholm at ide.resurscentrum.se>:

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> Den 2010-03-23 14.12, skrev "Ivan Voras" <ivoras at freebsd.org>:
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>> On 03/18/10 01:32, Andrew Snow wrote:
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>>> Jon Otterholm wrote:
>>>> This machine is going to act as access-router serving ~500
>>>> FTTH-customers.
>>>> About 500Mbit/s and 200kpps. The big issue is Dummynet, around 1000
>>>> pipes (2
>>>> pipes/customer).
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>>> That doesn't sound right, 200kpps @ 500Mbps works out to an average
>>> packet size of 250 bytes? Am I missing something
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>> Maybe he's pushing VoIP...
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> Today we are pushing ~0,4kpps/Mbit. At the same ratio 500Mbit/s sums up to
> ~200kpps.
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> //JO
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I ended up ordering a Supermicro SC513, X8SIE-LN4F and a i5-670 as suggested
by someone earlier. I have not tried the management interface earlier,
anyone with experience running it?

//JO