Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:23:36 +0200 From: "Niki Denev" <nike_d@cytexbg.com> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD 1GBit router? Message-ID: <2e77fc10802260123q5d5486beq8ea6510c44777d7a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <47C36ECD.2000509@modulus.org> References: <20080226003107.54CD94500E@ptavv.es.net> <alpine.LFD.1.00.0802260132240.9719@filebunker.xip.at> <47C36ECD.2000509@modulus.org>
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On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 3:43 AM, Andrew Snow <andrew@modulus.org> wrote: > > I can confirm that FreeBSD 7.0-RC1 can route packets at 1gbps. I used a > late-model Supermicro Xeon server which has two gigabit NICs on a > PCI-express "4x" lane. > > With the new em driver improvements in 7 it uses very little CPU time, I > would recommend using Pro/1000 on 7.0 with a decent server motherboard > if you want to achieve this speed. > > - Andrew > > I remember somebody mentioned that the packet switching/routing performance of AMD Opteron machines was much bigger than Intel's, mostly due to the integrated memory controller. Has anyone done any comparisons between the two architectures? --Niki
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