Since you are considering multiple options, I'd build a decision matrix. You can put down all the requirements, score each option, and then normalize it to give each a final score. After that you can calculate some other things such as throughput per dollar, etc.
http://asq.org/learn-about-quality/decision-making-tools/overview/decision-matrix.html Regarding the Mikrotik, there's a difference between Multithreading and Multiprocessing. On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Colton Conor <colton.co...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > >> > > >> > > > > >
