Re: Dynamips server recommendation

From: Jonny English (redkidneybeans@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Dec 25 2008 - 18:29:24 ARST


yup. i'm doing CCIE Voice. Please share your experience?

BTW, how many CCIE Voice's are there in New Zealand? anyone know?

On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 3:30 AM, AnotherCCIE in6months <
cciein6months@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks guys,
> Cyrus can u share your experience as I checked achieve and notice that you
> are recent R&S CCIE.
>
> If anyone who's doing CCIE in voice, let me know if they need similar kind
> of clarification.
>
>
> AnotherCCIE in6months
>
> On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 9:58 PM, Cyrus <cyrus.mgh@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Lovnish,
> >
> >
> > Did u run full scenario on your laptop? (ospf bgp ,... ) What I see is
> > after running ospf and bgp , every thing become slow, u cannot ping some
> > interfaces due to lost packet.
> >
> >
> > Cyrus
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 9:12 PM, <lovnish.sharma@bt.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I purchased a Laptop with below configration & I am able to run all the
> >> routers & switches of IE Labs simulteneously on Dynamips.
> >>
> >> I am able work without any hassles on this configuration.
> >>
> >> Sony Vaio, VGN FW21E model
> >>
> >> CPU
> >>
> >> Microprocessor Full Name Intel. Core(tm)2 Duo Processor P8400,
> >> Supports Enhanced Intel SpeedStep. Technology
> >> Microprocessor Manufacturer Intel.
> >> Microprocessor Speed (GHz) 2.26
> >> L2 Cache (KB) 3072 Advanced Smart Cache
> >> Frontside Bus (MHz) 1066
> >> Number of Cores 2
> >>
> >> Memory
> >>
> >> Memory Speed (MHz) 800
> >> Memory Type DDR2 SDRAM (2x2048MB)
> >> Max. Memory (MB) 4096
> >> Max Memory Comment In the case of 4GB, a portion of the system
> >> memory over 3GB might not be available to the operating system
> >> Memory Size (MB) 4096
> >>
> >>
> >> ________________________________
> >>
> >> From: nobody@groupstudy.com on behalf of Andy Hogard
> >> Sent: Thu 25/12/2008 08:29
> >> To: Piotr
> >> Cc: Nick Griffin; CCIE in6months; Cisco certification
> >> Subject: Re: Dynamips server recommendation
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Hahah, was not able to resists some googling on the processors, yeah
> Q6600
> >> turns out to be more bang for the money atm. While Q8820/30 will sooner
> or
> >> latter will replace them, and prolly go down to the 180USD price line.
> :)
> >>
> >> Sorry for going a bit OT. :P
> >>
> >> On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Andy Hogard <andyhogard@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hmm, I actually meant the Q8200/Q8300 earlier and not qQ8800 ..sorry
> for
> >> > the errata.
> >> >
> >> > Piotr, wouldnt it be better if one goes by the benchmarking results
> for
> >> > multithreaded applications (games) rather than just l3/l2 cache nos.
> eh.
> >> You
> >> > know the best place to lookup would be tomshardware charts, again I am
> >> not
> >> > the one building this machine, so wont get into nitty gritty details
> of
> >> it.
> >> >
> >> > Yeah I know for the price of ram 8gig seems to be ok, but again not
> all
> >> > have a free unlimited budget.
> >> >
> >> > My two cents.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 5:56 AM, Piotr <usaccie@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> I have the Q6600 quad core vista 64 bit OS, 8gb ram and dynamips
> fly's
> >> on
> >> >> it. I know if I move to ubuntu it will be even faster but it runs
> fine
> >> now
> >> >> so why change OS's!
> >> >> Do some research on the processor before you buy. Like the Q8300
> comes
> >> >> with
> >> >> a very crappy 4mb cache, waste of money.
> >> >>
> >> >> It must be a quad core. The Q6600 packs a lot of bang for the buck
> and
> >> is
> >> >> a
> >> >> VERY good processor. It's better then some of the new ones.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> http://compare.intel.com/pcc/showchart.aspx?mmID=38497,37586,37582,458896,49445,33423,39107,885492&familyID=1&culture=en-US
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Nick Griffin
> >> >> <nick.jon.griffin@gmail.com>wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > I built a cheap server comprised of a Q6600 quad core processor, 8
> >> gig
> >> >> of
> >> >> > memory, terabyte of drive space (7200) rpm. I run this on a suse
> >> 10.3,
> >> >> and
> >> >> > I
> >> >> > can easily run a R/S topology with protocols, as well as a s/p
> >> topology
> >> >> > with
> >> >> > the cpu in the 60-80% range, between 30-40 routers. I spent around
> >> $900,
> >> >> > and
> >> >> > with the right idle pc values it works awesome. I would definitly
> go
> >> >> with
> >> >> > the quad core option.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > HTH
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Nick Griffin
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 8:39 AM, CCIE in6months <
> >> >> cciein6months@gmail.com
> >> >> > >wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > > Hello group,
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > I am preparing for R*S lab and at this stage I am arranging R&S
> lab
> >> >> > > equipment. I am not thinking to buy real equipment but dynamips
> >> >> server.
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > Can anyone advise which of the options below would be the right
> one
> >> ,
> >> >> > > regardless of cost. I need a good performance.
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > Option 1
> >> >> > > ======
> >> >> > > Dual-core XEON 3.0 GHZ processor, 4GIG RAM, 72Ghz Hard-disk (HP
> >> >> ML580
> >> >> > G3
> >> >> > > server)
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > Option 2
> >> >> > > ======
> >> >> > > Single Quad Core 3.0 Ghz processor, 4 GIG RAM, 72Ghz Hard-disk
> >> (Dell
> >> >> or
> >> >> > > local brand)
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > Any consideration for low noise server? I know HP server is going
> >> to
> >> >> make
> >> >> > > noise.
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > All I need is to run dynamips on this server. I will be using
> IEWB
> >> 5x
> >> >> to
> >> >> > > start with and later on other vendor.
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > Thanks in Advance
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > cciein6months..
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > >
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