perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

["Buraglio, Nicholas D" <>]

No problem.  Here is the brief synopsis of what I ordered:

PowerEdge R210 Chassis
Intel Xeon X3430, 2.4 GHz, 8M Cache
4GB Memory 
500Gig Disk
DVD-ROM
3Yr Basic Hardware Warranty Repair: 5x10 HW-Only, 5x10 NBD Onsite

Total cost was a bit under $1100 per box and it should meet or exceed the 
requirements.  I'm also going to test this config with an Intel 10G card that 
I already have just to see how well it performs.   
For what it's worth, I purposely priced these out for cost savings over 
redundancy so that I could get more of them and instrument our networks in 
more locations.   The small footprint was nice as well since rack space is 
always a premium commodity.  

nb

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Nick Buraglio   
Network Engineer
University of Illinois CITES / ICCN
GPG key 0x2E5B44F4
Phone: 217.689.4254


On Dec 7, 2010, at 8:12 PM, Thomas Tam wrote:

> Nicks,
> 
> Thanks for the information! It would be much appreciated if you could share 
> your hardware config.  
> 
> Regards,
> -Thomas
> 
> On 10-12-07 5:16 PM, "Buraglio, Nicholas D" 
> <>
>  wrote:
> 
> We're in the middle of doing this both on our campus and on our statewide 
> optical network, so I'm by no means an expert, and only experienced in that 
> I have a handful of test boxes out there.  I'm more in the same type of 
> situation as you, "new deployment" status. 
> I've started with a handful of 1G boxes to add to the few cobbled together 
> test boxes we already have and plan to add a handful of 10G boxes 
> specifically for throughput testing.  I used the ESnet KB as well as the 
> page Jason posted for a starting point for my 1G hardware build:  
> http://fasterdata.es.net/ps_hardware.html
> I've priced out a handful of slightly customized (more RAM, better 
> processor) Dell PowerEdge R210, which are pretty inexpensive, have a small 
> footprint and exceed the minimum requirements for a 1G perfSonar box.  
> Generally speaking, I've always stuck with Intel or Myricom 10G cards for 
> my other applications (Intel has the best support for what I've used them 
> for in the past, which is mostly pf_ring packet capture stuff). 
> I'd be more than happy to share my hardware config if you're interested.
> 
> nb
> 
> 
> ---
> Nick Buraglio  
> Network Engineer
> University of Illinois CITES / ICCN
> GPG key 0x2E5B44F4
> Phone: 217.689.4254
> 
> 
> On Dec 7, 2010, at 2:15 PM, Thomas Tam wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> >
> > I am planning to deploy couple of perfonser servers in our network. At 
> > first, we are looking into deploying a 1GE connection to the network, but 
> > will migrate to a 10GE connection in a few months. I would love to hear 
> > recommendations of what server platforms and 10GE interface cards to be 
> > used from experienced perfsonar users.
> >
> > Your information is greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > -Thomas
> > CANARIE NOC
> 
>