Already anybody having used or tested the rb1000? I am thinking of ordering one, but would like to hear some opionions from users first…
rgds.
Rudy
Its fast…
/Henrik
OK, its fast… nice 
But, is it noisy? Does it become warm? No issues in upgrading? No issues configuring?
Do you consider it to be a worthy replacement for my present Pentium 1Mb memory PC running ros?
Do you use webproxy? What flash card do you use?
So, you are happy with it? What do you do with it?
rgds.
… and how stable is BGP on MT 3.x and rb1000 (3-5 BGP sessions)?
Same questions here. My thread died without a single
answer. May be no one uses it?
Ordered one. So may be I can give answers soon.
If it does the job I will replace Cisco and Via miniitx running
2.9.
Stefan
Had the unit out for tests at a local ISP. Don’t know how many BGP sessions, but they loaded about 300 megs of BGP routes and used it for one of their backhauls routing an average of 400+ Mbit/s for a week or so without any issues.
Also they used it for a simple job like bandwith testing gigabit links. Seems like tools for this is expensive and RB1000 made an excellent job pushing about 900+ Mbits through their links.
Been testing on 3.2 and 3.3. Best thing is the bootup speed. Beep.. Beep beep within 2 seconds.. That is a damn fast booting linux
If anybody have a good idea how to really benchmark this router i would be happy to do so.
/Henrik
It has 2 onboard fans. One starts and the other one is for automatic backup. You cannot hear it at all.
Configuring is like a RB150 except for one less port.
I have tried several standard things but havent been able to push the CPU a bit. I will try set up some tunnels etc. this week to see how much it can handle.. It would easily replace your Pentium.. Takes less space (bit bigger than a routerboard 532) and uses only 12 Volts. Havent had any issues with it at all.. except customers are having a hard time believing this small board performs (and costs) a lot
Havent tested webproxy etc, but expect everything is the same as you are used to except for absolutely no performance issues. Our main firewall is a 2Ghz/256MB x86 natting/firewalling/shaping + 300 users with a 4 port Gigabit card in it. CPU is about 10-20% on the PC. Copied config to RB1000, put it in, and had a max of 5-6% CPU.. It’s the only “real” test i have been able to do, but it seems to perform better and best of all its a small box that takes up no room at all.
/Henrik
OK, that´s the kind of info I´d like to hear.
I am planning to use it as replacement of my Pentium based PC. This PC is running now for two years in a row (apart from an occasional reboot due power failures).
But, as we all know, one day the hd will fail, probably while I am away… Also, I can´t even get the metal box of this PC off any more without breaking things, I don´t know but it just doesn’t open. so meaning I can´t even replace the hd.
I am also aiming at 3 to maybe 4 hundred users in a years time so my main router PC becomes more and more important. All my other equipment is MT and I know more and more of the ins and outs of their boards, their firmware and ros.
By using a rb1000 I hope to get myself a more reliable router (no moving parts, except for the fans!) and since its all MT I can go to them or this forum for issues.
Another thing I like is the 12V feed. I live in an area where short lived power cuts are relative regular, and even long lived (like 1 to 6 hours) power cuts happen.
For the present PC I have a huge UPS running that still is drained after two or three hours. Then I need to run a generator only to keep my PC router going!
All my other router boards are running for ever (up to 36 hours!) on simple UPS or even car batteries.
I had one rb532a with a small ventilator after 48 hours still running on a 70AH car battery! The voltage was still around 10 volts, so the board still ran!
You can imagine a rb1000 running on a nice big battery pack would give me peace of mind while I am away and my area might see a big thunderstorm that usually brings the power down!
Also, in the light of the present habit of environmentally thinking … 
the rb1000 is much better for the environment than a running PC! (Not that I care so much, but anyway 
)
Thanks for the info so far, I think the rb1000 is on my next order list now…
You cannot compare PPC with x86
Mac Lovers will tell you that/except for the newer c2d c2q intel processors/
I have not tested rb1000 but I have tested PowerMac G4 Dual 1.25Ghz with custom made linux and it performs better than any x86 hardware I have used before.
You sugest that an G4 2x1000 MHz perform better than a dual core at ~2x2Ghz?(AMD, Intel)? I can buy G4 2x1000 MHz at 135 euro/piece.
If you find G4 at that price buy 10 more for me
Now on the subject:
G4 is equipped with integrated Gigabit Ethernet.
It has 4 PCI-X slots each at 133/100Mhz 64bit.
You are unable to use MikroTik at that time and as MikroTik support said…there is no PowerPC iso image planned at all.
it’s because PPC8547 and G4 are not the same thing. we would have to make yet another version of ROS
that is VERY sad 
regards
MAC fan Jan
too bad 
The sistems configuration is G4 2x1000 MHz 512 MB RAM 80 GB HDD DVD-RW ,Retea, 2* USB, Fire-Wire, 3* PCI, no operating system. Price: 135 Euro
PC - p4 3.00ghz - 512Mb Ram - 80gb HD VS RB1000
i want to change with RB1000 rackmount version (yet available) to have less hardware troubles (never till now, but i’m scaried 'bout Hard disk… better ide flash!)
What do you think? is my performance will be the same? or more or less same
thx
i have the same doubt about changing my pentium d 3.2 gigz 512mb to a RB 1000 for run as a border router one upstream provider full feed (bgp) and about 300 ~ 500mbits traffic.
i just wonder why its $800 when thats all I spent on a real 1U dual core supermicro box.
As I understand half of the price is the licence.
I compare the price to a 4port giga-card for cisco and
I´m happy. For a core router this is no price point.
One big point for me is that it is supported
hardware. So if the ethercard of your supermicro does
not work with ros4.x you can replace your box. If it´s
a MT-box chances are much higher to keep it
running. And I like small simple boxes.
Stefan
As I understand half of the price is the licence.
I compare the price to a 4port giga-card for cisco and
I´m happy. For a core router this is no price point.
One big point for me is that it is supported
hardware. So if the ethercard of your supermicro does
not work with ros4.x you can replace your box. If it´s
a MT-box chances are much higher to keep it
running. And I like small simple boxes.Stefan
I agree on Stefan, that’s a good reason, small and MT support.
What do you guys think of the CF cards? I want to get the biggest possible for my webproxy but getting some rumours these cards aren’t that reliable as I might expect.
Maybe better to run with a HD. But how to connect these? Do you have CF-slot to IDE or SATA connectors?
Rudy
we have proxy running on CF cards for quite some time now, it’s a 16Gb A-Data card. Works perfect