Depends on your backup tool. I'm using ghettoVCB and it would definitely be an interruption - really bad for stateful things.
Keep in mind you're only backing up a vmdisk with maybe 128 megabytes. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 9:55 AM Steven Kenney <st...@wavedirect.org> wrote: > Most backup tools are agnostic. They use Vmwares' functions to do the > backups and the vmware tools to either quiesce the file system, create > deltas etc. The process in how it is done is similar across all platforms, > Veeam Acronis, Nakivo etc. The performance is dependent on how well the > hardware performs. For example I have one server that isn't very large on > the same host as a server that is a massive moving target (non stop > writing/reading). One will backup much faster than the other depending on > the storage capabilities, network capabilities .. overall the hardware > capabilities. If I moved both servers to a new host with better hardware, > faster network, the backups times and performance would increase on both. > To the point where possibly there is no disruption for either server. > > The question is whether or not people have done virtual backups on CHR's > without disruptions, specifically on this Maxxwave. > > HA (high availability) has nothing to do with this scenario. The CHR > would have to be non responsive for quite a long time without any other > processes still taking place to it (the entire backup process would have > had to have crashed). For me HA only works if a server is down on 1 host, > it'll bring it up on another host. It won't bring up copies of VM's if a > backup is taking a while. If any backup takes that long I'd never use it > as a router. > > Now there is proactive HA - but that is a recipe for disaster when running > routers. DRS as well is part of that equation and I wouldn't recommend > that either for a router. It could possibly be a switching nightmare > unless you have the higher end vsphere setup with vswitches and virtual > networking. I'm just running standard Vsphere. > > I think though Mikrotik CHR's are pretty lightweight compared to some > servers. Most can be contained in memory with little disk IO so snapshots > and commits will be quick. The question was if any customers use the > Maxxwave and how it performs with backups/snapshots. > > Also I reviewed the spec sheet and it does show support for larger than > 10Gbps. > > > -- > Steven Kenney > Network Operations Manager > WaveDirect Telecommunications > http://www.wavedirect.net > (519)737-WAVE (9283) > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Josh Luthman" <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> > *To: *"af" <af@af.afmug.com> > *Sent: *Wednesday, May 20, 2020 9:22:04 AM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] CCR2004 coming out > > Your backup lag/performance is your backup tool. If you do a snapshot and > copy, that will mostly halt your system until it can set aside a temporary > disk. If you do HA it won't cause any delay. > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > > On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 8:51 AM Steven Kenney <st...@wavedirect.org> > wrote: > >> I remember seeing these several years ago. Anyone know if they have >> support coming for faster than 10Gbps? Anyone run these in an actual >> vsphere environment? How are snapshots and backups for it? Any lag or >> performance hits during the process? >> >> -- >> Steven Kenney >> Network Operations Manager >> WaveDirect Telecommunications >> http://www.wavedirect.net >> (519)737-WAVE (9283) >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From: *"Kurt Fankhauser" <lists.wavel...@gmail.com> >> *To: *"af" <af@af.afmug.com> >> *Sent: *Friday, May 15, 2020 11:02:28 AM >> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] CCR2004 coming out >> >> Baltic does not have any native x86 Mikrotik Router. They are using CHR >> on the Maxxwave Vengence appliance, which works remarkably well. >> >> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 9:52 AM Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Baltic seems to be the go to for x86 Mikrotik. He seems to always be on >>> top of it. >>> >>> Josh Luthman >>> Office: 937-552-2340 >>> Direct: 937-552-2343 >>> 1100 Wayne St >>> Suite 1337 >>> Troy, OH 45373 >>> >>> >>> On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 3:13 PM Kurt Fankhauser < >>> lists.wavel...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I will second the Baltic Networks Vengence 2 CHR. Has been nothing but >>>> totally reliable since we got one in January. Only pushing about 1.5gbps >>>> through it though, but BGP converge times are insanely fast and it was darn >>>> near the same cost as a CCR1072. >>>> >>>> On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 12:25 PM James Howard <ja...@litewire.net> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Yeah, there seems to be is the key…… I did that with the last one and >>>>> had some compatibility issues with the SFP+ cards and didn’t really end up >>>>> saving any money over buying one already put together. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *From:* AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Adam >>>>> Moffett >>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 12, 2020 11:13 AM >>>>> *To:* af@af.afmug.com >>>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] CCR2004 coming out >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I'd imagine you can source a pretty burly network appliance PC from >>>>> somewhere. There seem to be dozens of options. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 5/12/2020 11:57 AM, James Howard wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Baltic says they aren’t sure when they’re going to get the Maxxwave in >>>>> again. We have one of the Maxxwave i7s and would just get more if they >>>>> were available. I was hoping Dennis would reply. They don’t seem to list >>>>> the PowerRouter that they used to sell on their site anymore. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *From:* AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com <af-boun...@af.afmug.com>] *On >>>>> Behalf Of *Ken Hohhof >>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 12, 2020 10:45 AM >>>>> *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <af@af.afmug.com> >>>>> <af@af.afmug.com> >>>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] CCR2004 coming out >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Baltic/Maxxwave has one, but their web store shows out of stock, is it >>>>> actually discontinued? Linktechs might have one, if you don’t want to >>>>> build your own. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *James Howard >>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 12, 2020 10:17 AM >>>>> *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <af@af.afmug.com> >>>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] CCR2004 coming out >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> So what is awesome and available now? We had an i7 box (network >>>>> appliance I guess) running Mikrotik take a dump so we need to get another >>>>> backup (or two). Nobody seems to have i7 based Mikrotik boxes available. >>>>> BGP is a must. 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