So are the rest of the processes in Mikrotik OS multi threaded? I would hope so to take advantage of 36 cores!
What is up with all of these network vendors not supporting more than one core in their OS? I just don't get it. On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 9:49 PM, Josh Baird <joshba...@gmail.com> wrote: > The BGP daemon on the CCR routers is not multi-threaded; it only will use > one core. > > Josh > > On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 10:06 PM, Colton Conor <colton.co...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> So this new $1295 Mikrotik CCR1036-8G-2S+EM has a 36 core Tilera CPU >> with >> 16GB of ram. Each core is running at 1.2Ghz? I assume that Mikrotik is >> multicore in software, so why does this box not outperform these intel >> boxes that everyone is recommending? Is it just a limitation of ports? >> >> >> >> On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 6:03 PM, Faisal Imtiaz <fai...@snappytelecom.net> >> wrote: >> >> > >> > >> > >> > > I've seen serious, unusual performance bottlenecks in Mikrotik CCR, in >> > some >> > > cases not even achieving a gigabit speeds on 10G interfaces. >> Performance >> > > drops more rapidly then Cisco with smaller packet sizes. >> > > >> > > -mel beckman >> > >> > >> > Folks often forget that Mikrotik ROS can also run on x86 machines..... >> > >> > Size your favorite hardware (server) or network appliance with >> appropriate >> > ports, add MT ROS on a CF card, and you are good to go. >> > >> > We use i7 based network appliance with dual 10g cards (you can use a >> quad >> > 10g card, such as those made by hotlav). >> > >> > with a 2gig of ram, you can easily do multiple (4-5 or more full bgp >> > peers), and i7 are good for approx 1.2mill pps. >> > >> > >> > Best of luck. >> > >> > >> > Faisal Imtiaz >> > Snappy Internet & Telecom >> > >> > >
