perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

[Christopher A Konger <>]

Joe Breen at Utah and Conan Moore at Colorado also are building/testing 40G pS boxes.

 

I have CC'd them on this in case you want to reach out directly (I think they have already conferred with Jason).

 

Chris Konger / 864-656-8140

 

From: [mailto:] On Behalf Of Jason Zurawski
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 8:44 AM
To: Mark Gardner
Cc:
Subject: Re: [perfsonar-user] 40-100 GigE Hardware Recommendations?

 

Hey Mark;

I spec'ed one out last fall, but didn't purchase or do any testing.  It uses a 40G card that we have tested on ESnet DTNs (Mellanox MCX353A-TCBT ConnectX3), Ivy Bridge motherboard/processor combo, and lots of memory.  Spec is below, use at your own risk of course :)

Thanks;

-jason

On Mar 20, 2014, at 8:22 AM, Mark Gardner <> wrote:

> Has anyone built a perfSONAR node intended to support 40-100 Gbps Ethernet?
>
> We do not have that level of connectivity yet but are planning for the
> future. I think I have sufficient funds that I can purchase beefier
> hardware now to support those rates in the future. Does anyone have a
> spec that they would be willing to share?
>
> Mark
> --
> Mark Gardner
> Network Research Manager
> Virginia Tech
> --