HW requirements for 8 x 10Gbe
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Hi guys,
I've been using pfsense on our current office and we are moving to a new one soon so we are planning to upgrade the system with also a new broadband etc.
I need help on spec'ing the new server as we will have a dual redundant broadband 10Gbe + 1Gbe and 5 internal 10Gbe networksthat I'd like to manage from it too.
On the pfsense specs it states :
501+ Mbps -> Multiple cores at > 2.0GHz are required. Server class hardware with PCI-e network adapters.We were thinking at a 16/24 core AMD Epic CPU,.
Any suggestion would be appreciated.
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There are a few recent threads discussing 10Gbps requirements.
There is no hardware that will pass 80Gbps but I doubt that's what you mean.
Running packages or VPNs bumps that hardware significantly.
Steve
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I've been using pfsense on our current office and we are moving to a new one soon so we are planning to upgrade the system with also a new broadband etc.
Then please make sure that you are not using PPPoE please.
You may should also consider the TNSR router that is more
suited for that amount of throughput.I need help on spec'ing the new server as we will have a
dual redundant broadband 10Gbe + 1Gbe and 5
internal 10Gbe networksthat I'd like to manage from it too.- One or more great (big) SSD may be fine
Cache, SWAP, logfile space, zfs arc space,...... - An greater amount of RAM may be fine too!
State table, mbuf, packages, rule or feed updates,........ - I would try out, Intel X520-DA2 dual port NICs.
How better driver supported and tune able how better - Cores and raw CPU power balanced
I would prefer 2 CPUs with higher GHZ over one with
much CPU cores, like Intel Xeon E5-xxv3 - Rest of your equipment should be also powerful
Switches, Routers,......
On the pfsense specs it states :
501+ Mbps -> Multiple cores at > 2.0GHz are required. Server class hardware with PCI-e network adapters.CPU core is not CPU core, there are big differences.
We were thinking at a 16/24 core AMD Epic CPU,.
May be a chance, but in real you should test it out before
no one of us can say something about, or he is running the
same setup like you.Any suggestion would be appreciated.
Get a used dual socket server board from a server shop.
Get on or two Intel Xeon E5-2695v4
18-Core CPU 18x 2.10 GHz (3.30 GHz Turbo), 45 MB CacheYou will be able to upgrade, but with your AMD Epic you
will not be able to upgrade! The CPU is able to get hands
on here in Germany for around ~110 €, have a look on
your CPU price range please it is around ~199 € here. - One or more great (big) SSD may be fine
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Epyc can be upgraded and they do offer frequency orientated SKUs that have higher boost clocks.
Thanks
Dan
