For about $1000 you could get a Mikrotik CCR1036-8G-2S+EM but it only
has 2 SFP+ ports.
http://routerboard.com/CCR1036-8G-2SplusEM
Keefe
On 5/19/2015 3:46 PM, Joe Greco wrote:
How cheap is cheap and what performance numbers are you looking for?
About as cheap as you can get:
For about $3,000 you can build a Supermicro OEM system with an 8-core Xeon
E5 V3 and 4-port 10G Intel SFP+ NIC with 8G of RAM running VyOS. The pro
is that BGP convergence time will be good (better than a 7200 VXR), and
number of tables likely won't be a concern since RAM is cheap. The con is
that you're not doing things in hardware, so you'll have higher latency,
and your PPS will be lower.
What 8 core Xeon E5 v3 would that be? The 26xx's are hideously pricey,
and for a router, you're probably better off with something like a
Supermicro X10SRn fsvo "n" with a Xeon E5-1650v3. Board is typically
around $300, 1650 is around $550, so total cost I'm guessing closer to
$1500-$2000 that route.
The edge you get there is the higher clock on the CPU. Only six cores
and only 15M cache, but 3.5GHz. The E5-2643v3 is three times the cost
for very similar performance specs. Costwise, E5 single socket is the
way to go unless you *need* more.
... JG
