It makes no sense to use virtualization in the cases of the router. CPU and memory are not so important. It is important to have the necessary network cards (2x10G SFP+). We successfully use Supermicro X10SDV-4C + -TP4F-O.
On 10/12/17 23:48, Lauro, John wrote: > My 2cents, only put something on a small dedicated server that is not mission > critical. > > You can achieve over 10gbps under vmware, and if you need more memory, add it > without rebooting... more cpu, do it live without reboot... faster cpu > becomes available, then move it live without downtime. Need to reboot it > takes seconds instead of minutes, hardware failure, let vmware reboot it on > different hardware automatically (or setup redundant vms on different hosts). > Myths about traffic and packet per second are just FUD. Not saying you > can't get a benchmark to be almost 10% better on the same hardware for > workloads that are not cpu bound (cpu bound not even that much difference), > but you are better off buying a 10% faster machine and take the advantages of > vmware. Not to mention other advantages such as snapshots, etc... Hardware > and licensing might cost more, but not as much as down time or time saved in > productivity. > > How would a small server with dedicated network interface be better? > > > ________________________________________ > From: Bird-users [bird-users-boun...@network.cz] on behalf of David S. > [da...@zeromail.us] > Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2017 5:31 AM > To: Mike Neo > Cc: bird-users@network.cz > Subject: Re: Bird - hardware, vm. > > Hi, > > Which linux distro do you prefer for stability, security etc.? > I use FreeBSD and CentOS for route servers. You can choose your favorite > linux distro. > > Is it good choice to install Bird as vmware vm? > You can run Bird on small machine but please concern about the traffic and > packet per second. > Small server with dedicated network interface would be better than VM. > > Just my 2cent > > Best regards, > David S. > > -- Regards, Mikhail V. Majorov Megalink Company, Director of engineering 318, Chehova street, Taganrog, Russia, 347932 tel work: +7 8634 431431 (ext 101) tel mobile: +7 918 5565520 sip: 000...@tagan.ru www.tagan.ru
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