[zanog-discuss] Re: Linux/VPP router

-- Swimmingly, Joe swimgeek.com/blog +27 82 562 6167 instagram.com/joe.swimgeek "...all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” > On 01 May 2024, at 18:54, Edrich de Lange edd@edd.za.net wrote: > > I just had a look at a dell r630 with 2 x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697 v3 @ 2.60GHz > > At a moderate workload, (VMs) > With 2 x spinning disks for boot disks > > 1 x dual port 10G card. > > Power draw : currently 125W, peak of last 24 hours, 135W > > So it sounds ok > > I guess if you are going to run 16 x 10G ports as suggested it may draw a bit more :-) > > Kind regards > > Edd > > On 1 May 2024, at 18:01, Joe Botha via zanog-discuss wrote: > >> Hi >> >> 120W seems pretty low power. >> >> Last time I checked 8 core Xeon D uses around 85 Watt when doing basic Linux routing at low-ish speeds. >> >> Always figured VPP would be much more power hungry? keeping all the cores busy all the time. >> >> -- >> Swimmingly, >> Joe >> >> swimgeek.com/blog +27 82 562 6167 instagram.com/joe.swimgeek >> "...all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” >> >> >> >> >>> On 25 Apr 2024, at 11:10, Nishal Goburdhan via zanog-discuss zanog-discuss@lists.nog.net.za wrote: >>> >>> On 27 Mar 2024, at 11:16, Pim van Pelt via zanog-discuss wrote: >>> >>>> But just to re-iterate: any PC with an Intel Xeon D or E, or AMD Zen3+ will do absolutely fine. Some folks may want more PCI slots or dual PSU, so a fine alternative that I also run in production is the *Dell R630* [link https://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/en/documents/dell-poweredge-r630-spec-sheet.pdf ] because it allows for up to 16x10G at line rate, using ~120W. In case you want to binge watch some VPP materials - take a look at my [NOG recordings] https://video.ipng.ch/c/ipngnetworks/videos?s=1 . >>>> >>> >>> for those following this, thread, thanks pim for posting your talk from last week’s GRNOG : >>> https://video.ipng.ch/w/nnYWXW3Gw9dA7kWGswf1g1 >>> >>> >>> -n. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> zanog-discuss mailing list -- zanog-discuss@lists.nog.net.za >>> To unsubscribe send an email to zanog-discuss-leave@lists.nog.net.za >> >> _______________________________________________ >> zanog-discuss mailing list -- zanog-discuss@lists.nog.net.za >> To unsubscribe send an email to zanog-discuss-leave@lists.nog.net.za