perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

[Hervey Allen <>]

On 4/10/15 1:04 PM, Eli Dart wrote:
> There is some stuff on perfsonar.net <http://perfsonar.net> about hardware:
> 
> http://www.perfsonar.net/deploy/hardware-selection/
> 
> http://www.perfsonar.net/deploy/hardware-selection/deployment-examples/
> 
> If others have more specific info that they can share, on or off list,
> that's excellent (thanks Chris!!)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Eli
> 
> 

We are about to test new hardware we have purchased for 10G links. We
should have some results within 1 to 2 weeks. If that's still useful I
can share with the list what we purchased.

- Hervey

> 
> On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 12:51 PM, Chris Dagdigian 
> <
> <mailto:>>
>  wrote:
> 
> 
>     In a high performance computing context the current Intel haswell
>     stuff is driving 40Gbps interfaces so servers that can handle 10Gbps
>     should not be particularly hard to find.
> 
>     For commercal/biotech clients I've recently helped purchase HP
>     branded server hardware for both perfSONAR use as well as to drive
>     our data transfer nodes running Globus Connect server. If you want
>     to drop me a line off-list I can share general info about the
>     hardware we used on that project.
> 
>     Note that we did not get guarantees from the vendor though. We have
>     been able to drive both the perfSONAR and the data xfer nodes close
>     to what we'd expect to be their real world limits before heroic host
>     and network tuning is done. Our environment has firewalls and amazon
>     direct connect in the mix so there are a lot of moving parts that
>     affect real world throughput.
> 
>     Happy to share info off list.  I also think that the
>     perfsonar/ESNET/I2 people are somewhat constrained in being able to
>     mention brands and vendors -- they can't really be seen to be
>     picking favorites etc.
> 
>     Regards,
>     Chris
> 
> 
>         Manglos, Andrew P (173E) 
> <mailto:
>         
> <mailto:>>
>         April 10, 2015 at 3:42 PM
> 
> 
>         Hello,
> 
>         I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations they could
>         make for hardware that does 10Gbps throughput testing? I have
>         been having trouble finding a vendor that will guarantee or at
>         least show me a bench mark that a particular server can in fact
>         achieve 10Gbps of throughput. Thanks!
> 
>         Thank you and have a great day!
> 
>         -Andrew Manglos
> 
>         Network Engineer
> 
>         818-393-2419 <tel:818-393-2419>
> 
> 
> 
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