Bird on Ubuntu on a dell server.

[Mike Neo]

Thanks for your replies.
They will be full BGP routers, each with two Intel X520-da2 cards.
Currently I only have 200-300 Mbps, I plan to max out at 2-3 Gbps.

Mike

pt., 25 kwi 2025 o 17:02 Anthony Hoppe <ahoppe at backblaze.com> napisał(a):

> Hi Mike,
>
> As far as BIRD is concerned I believe your configuration is fine.  I don't
> see any reasons you can't configure the machines for power efficiency as
> this should not make the system unstable.  It will just impact how quickly
> BGP reconverges when there are large table changes.  You could test and see
> how long it takes them to learn full tables from a clean slate and that
> would be your absolute worst case.  I'm going to guess it'll be fine.
>
> To Brandon's point, are you configuring these machines as route servers?
> Or will they be in the path as full routers in your network?  If they're
> just going to be route servers, I think you should be fine.  If they're
> going to be "in the data path" as full routers, what sort of throughput are
> you desiring?
>
> ~ Anthony
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 25, 2025 at 5:28 AM Brandon Z. <Brandon at huize.asia> wrote:
>
>> Hi Mike,
>>
>> The BIOS mode and BIRD configuration are unrelated — BIOS is just a
>> system bootloader. BIRD handles route advertisements and reception in a
>> single-threaded manner, so a higher CPU frequency helps with processing
>> routing tables. As for using a Linux server as a core router, I’m not sure
>> about its packet forwarding performance.
>>
>>
>> Best,
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>> On Fri, Apr 25, 2025 at 5:31 AM Mike Neo <neomikemac at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Who can help me?
>>>
>>> wt., 22 kwi 2025 o 10:51 Mike Neo <neomikemac at gmail.com> napisał(a):
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Please let me know who can advise on this matter.
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>
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