[AusNOG] Hardware for Linux / 10Gbe iperf3 hosts in the field

[Tim Sheahan]

 Thank you everybody for your responses.

Regarding the use case -

It's a fleet of distributed compute to be deployed over our metro ethernet
network, which includes both fiber and radio assets.

Orchestration is by Ansible, and the initial use case is for the boxen to
participate in a speed probe network for engineering purposes.

We're interested in speed tests which will quantify reserve performance in
a way which is responsive to packet loss (i.e. TCP).

As a high cost per node would be discouraging in the quantities we're
looking at, the aim is for smaller/single-board commodity hardware which
may include mobile chipsets but can nevertheless saturate a 10G link with
iperf3 test traffic.

Other use cases in the pipeline include hosting of customer speed test
nodes to operate in conjunction with a customer-service troubleshooting app
we're evaluating.

 - Tim

On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 11:17 PM, David Hooton <david.hooton at ordnance.co>
wrote:

> Hey Tim,
>
>
>
> Pretty much any modern server will be able to do line rate 10G even with a
> really inefficient configuration on it.
>
>
>
> What is your use case? We have pretty average spec servers doing greater
> than 70Gigs with only very modest tuning.
>
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
>
>
> David Hooton
>
> Founder | Ordnance
>
> Cloud Scale, Carrier Grade
>
> P: +61415850000 <+61%20415%20850%20000> T: @dave_hooton W: ordnance.co
>
> *From: *AusNOG <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net> on behalf of Tim Sheahan
> <tim at timsheahan.com>
> *Date: *Friday, 2 March 2018 at 2:51 pm
> *To: *"ausnog at lists.ausnog.net" <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
> *Subject: *[AusNOG] Hardware for Linux / 10Gbe iperf3 hosts in the field
>
>
>
> Hello AusNOG,
>
>
>
> I'm writing to ask about hardware for deploying Linux / 10Gbe network
> servers into the field.
>
>
>
> Specifically, I'm looking for hardware to deploy:
>
> - a mini / rackmount linux server
>
> - with minimized unit cost
>
> - with sufficient system capacity to saturate an SFP+ / 10Gbe link e.g.
> via iperf3
>
>
>
> Investigations so far led me to look at hardware platforms such as the
> Supermicro SYS-E300-8D:
>
>
>
> https://www.supermicro.com/products/system/Mini-ITX/SYS-E300-8D.cfm
>
>
>
> Is anyone aware of a particularly enticing hardware solution to minimize
> formfactor & cost around a 10Gbps iperf3 capability?
>
>
>
> If shopping to minimize hardware spend per unit, can anyone give insight
> on outcomes when testing for ability to saturate an SFP+ port from
> mobile/embedded chipsets?
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
>
>
>  - Tim Sheahan
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.ausnog.net/pipermail/ausnog/attachments/20180305/a114d9a3/attachment.html>