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For memory-bound apps are they sort of useful? For instance, A packet forwarding system that reads a packet, does 3 main-memory lookups, then forwards or drops?
by MichaelGG 10y ago
For memory-bound apps are they sort of useful? For instance, A packet forwarding system that reads a packet, does 3 main-memory lookups, then forwards or drops?
- snuxoll 10y agoNow I'm wondering how one of the 16-core chips would handle VyOS...
- gonzo 10y agoWon't be any faster than what you have today.
- snuxoll 10y agoRight now I've got a little EdgeRouter X - it would probably be faster.
- seanp2k2 10y agoHard to compare against the Cavium Octeon. x86 general purpose vs MIPS64 with dedicated offload hardware...really depends on the use-case. I have an ERLite and AFAICT it competes with stuff way above it price-wise, e.g. https://store.netgate.com/ADI/RCC-VE-2440-board.aspx https://store.netgate.com/ADI/RCC-VE-2440-board.aspx I'd rather run PFSense, but it's not worth an extra $200+ for just my home use.
- gonzo 10y agoIf you do it right, you don't have to the lookups in main memory. We have a c2758 doing 12mpps l3 routing (full BGP table) with 50 ACLs on one of these: https://netgate.com/products/xg-2758-1u.html https://netgate.com/products/xg-2758-1u.html The c3000 prototypes are due in a couple weeks.