Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:38:28 -0400 From: Chris Marlatt <cmarlatt@rxsec.com> To: Rajkumar S <rajkumars@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pf and 10g NICs Message-ID: <48FE1394.7000700@rxsec.com> In-Reply-To: <64de5c8b0810210918x38c9d6e7u5244b7dbdc13c8b3@mail.gmail.com> References: <64de5c8b0810210918x38c9d6e7u5244b7dbdc13c8b3@mail.gmail.com>
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Rajkumar S wrote: > Hi, > > Recently Vyatta had a press release about it's software (Linux) able > to route 10gbps traffic. That got me curious as to the maximum > throughput pf can sustain with a 10G NIC. Any one with any links of > tests/benchmarks done?? I know the number of rules have an impact on > throughput (amongst lot of other factors), but numbers like 10G looks > great on press releases and in proposals, even if it's done > with just a single pass rule :) > > raj There is a huge difference between routing at 10Gb/s and filtering at 10Gb/s. I'd be willing to bet their performance with features enabled and filtering (acl's) is significantly less than advertised. To answer your question though. There is a lot of information in the archives relating to pps performance and ipfw/pf. Fairly detailed accounts of what was achieved. I would suggest searching there for more information. Regards, Chris
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