On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 6:54 AM,
[off-list ref] wrote:

Hi!

On 16:33 Thu 03 May ? ? , Suresh Kumar Subramanian wrote:

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Hi,

I am building the router based on linux kernel.

The hardware details are below,
2 - 64 bit quad core processor (3Ghz core).
RAM- ?24GB RAM.
PCI express slot- connected with Quad Port 100Mbps Ethernet adapter -2. (so total 8 ethernet interfaces)


I just want to calculate the maximum traffic the ?router can handle..?.

The maximum traffic could be, also 8 ?ports(100Mbps) * 2 directions = 1600Mbps.

Can this system(kernel + hardware) handle this much traffic. (Assume the best case)?

Yes, it can. I have seen a benchmark which basically said that a single quad
core cpu with ~3GHz was enough for about 4 links with 10 *gigabit* each.

What is the packet size ?