Yep.. that is exactly what is to be expected.. 

Faisal Imtiaz 
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> From: "Ben Matson via Mikrotik-users" <mikrotik-users@wispa.org>
> To: "Josh Luthman" <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com>, "Mikrotik Users"
> <mikrotik-users@wispa.org>, "Jeremy Austin" <jhaus...@gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2017 7:07:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mikrotik Users] CCR routers and BGP

> It’s probably a good idea to share my own experiences here.

> From what I’ve seen if you have only one or two upstream peers with full 
> routing
> tables the CCR series gear will be very dependable. When you start adding
> complexity- say you get access to a peering exchange- you’re really going to
> start to suffer. The issue is that the BGP process appears to be
> single-threaded, meaning that no matter how many core you have on your router
> you’re still only using that one core. I have a pair of CCR-1072s that I was
> trying to peer pretty aggressively but ended up having to back off due to
> stability issues.

> From: mikrotik-users-boun...@wispa.org 
> [mailto:mikrotik-users-boun...@wispa.org]
> On Behalf Of Josh Luthman via Mikrotik-users
> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2017 3:09 PM
> To: Jeremy Austin <jhaus...@gmail.com>
> Cc: Mikrotik Users <mikrotik-users@wispa.org>
> Subject: Re: [Mikrotik Users] CCR routers and BGP

> Well it's painful on my x86 machine, but I've never really been a problem.

> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
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> On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 6:05 PM, Jeremy Austin < jhaus...@gmail.com > wrote:
>> RAM is a consideration.

>> It's convergence time primarily, and route table maintenance, that will be
>> considerably more rapid on x86 due to BGP being a single core process.

>> I have heard of people happily running two full tables on CCR1016. I would 
>> be OK
>> with this as long it were one of a pair of edge routers, as secondary, the
>> primary being either x86 or bigger iron, depending on bandwidth requirements.

>> YMMV. It's fairly easy to determine what your baseline CPU level would be if 
>> you
>> do a full table peering internally for testing. I see about 40% under profile
>> on a CCR1009 with a single full table. (Adds and removes being fairly slow… 
>> try
>> searching the route table for a single route via the CLI, and you'll see how
>> painful this is!)

>> On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 1:59 PM, Josh Luthman < j...@imaginenetworksllc.com >
>> wrote:
>>> Is your preference due to stability or speed of peer turn up? I guess I 
>>> should
>>> have specified - I'm running full tables (two peers).

>>> Josh Luthman
>>> Office: 937-552-2340
>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>> Suite 1337
>>> Troy, OH 45373

>>> On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 5:56 PM, Jeremy Austin < jhaus...@gmail.com > wrote:
>>>> If you're running multiple full tables, Mikrotik on x86 will have better
>>>> performance, typically, than on a CCR. I have run full tables on as small 
>>>> as a
>>>> CCR1009 with few issues, but prefer x86.

>>>> For a few thousand routes, as in an IGP, BGP on CCR is completely fine.

>>>> On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 1:54 PM, Josh Luthman via Mikrotik-users <
>>>> mikrotik-users@wispa.org > wrote:

>>>>> I remember the CCR had a lot of issues running BGP and would crash. I'm 
>>>>> not
>>>>> worried about it takes a couple of minutes to build routes when it first 
>>>>> boots
>>>>> up. Are the issues resolved at this point?

>>>>> I'm running an older x86 box for BGP and want to replace the Powercode 
>>>>> BMU (x86)
>>>>> with a more power efficient unit, possibly a second CCR? Does this sound 
>>>>> like a
>>>>> good idea at this point or will I have Mikrotik problems? Is there 
>>>>> something
>>>>> better than the CCR for these jobs?

>>>>> Josh Luthman
>>>>> Office: 937-552-2340
>>>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>>>> Suite 1337
>>>>> Troy, OH 45373

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>>>> Jeremy Austin

>>>> jhaus...@gmail.com

>>>> (907) 895-2311 office

>>>> (907) 803-5422 cell

>>>> Heritage NetWorks - Whitestone Power & Communications - Vertical 
>>>> Broadband, LLC

>> --

>> Jeremy Austin

>> jhaus...@gmail.com

>> (907) 895-2311 office

>> (907) 803-5422 cell

>> Heritage NetWorks - Whitestone Power & Communications - Vertical Broadband, 
>> LLC

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