One or two CPUs?
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I have a server that's going into a data center. Once it's there, it will be a big pain to get at it so I'm trying to decide ahead of time how to handle the following.
This server is configured with 1x E5-2660, 8GB of RAM and 2x100GB SSD drives.
It will be in standby until and if it is needed. There is a specific power limitation which I've been able to stay on top of. However, before this server goes out, I'm trying to decide if it is worth putting another CPU in it, just in case or if I can do without the extra power usage which is around 90 watts. Not sure if that is idle of full bore.
Traffic to this server would be maxing out a 1 gigabit connection but could use one of its 10GBe ports if needed. If the 10GBe ports come into play, I would guess around a few gigabits per second to around 5 gigabits per second.
The firewall would likely be running haproxy and not much else other than routing.
How should I decide if one CPU is enough or if I should add a second one before shipping, just in case.
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@lewis It's multiple cores right? I would just look at CPU specs at shop.netgate.com and their test results and see if it is vaguely in your ballpark. Routing doesn't need a lot of hardware. If it was running IDS, VPN, etc. that is a different story.
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@steveits Yes, that processor is 8 cores so 16 threads.
I don't see any specs for that CPU. Looking on the net, I come across many posts talking about using pfsense as a vm with this CPU in the server but not much else. -
It's a 95W TDP CPU so that will be maximum thermal power.
It's a 3GHz Sandybridge CPU so it will easily do 1G but not 10G. Depending on the NICs I would guess in the 2-3Gbps range. That's only a guess though.
Steve
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@stephenw10 It's a little confusing. I looked up the non V2 and the V2. Mine are 2.20Ghz at 95W. BX80621E52660.
