Bird on Ubuntu on a dell server.

[Łukasz Jarosz]

Hello,
Rule of a thumb for Linux routers is 1mpps per core. So, you should be
okay, but fine tuning NIC and kernel might be needed depending on your
exact latency requirements.

Pozdrawiam,
Łukasz Jarosz

wt., 29 kwi 2025, 09:31 użytkownik Mike Neo <neomikemac at gmail.com> napisał:

> 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.
>>>
>>>
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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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