Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:36:11 -0700 From: Rudy <crapsh@monkeybrains.net> To: Ingo Flaschberger <if@xip.at> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: does freebsd support so called Scalable I/O on intel NIC ? Message-ID: <49024DDB.4090103@monkeybrains.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0810241646000.22435@filebunker.xip.at> References: <200810241612.04764.gizmen@blurp.pl> <gdsmom$jf$1@ger.gmane.org> <alpine.LFD.1.10.0810241646000.22435@filebunker.xip.at>
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Ingo Flaschberger wrote: > Dear Bartosz, > >>> i am looking for a good NIC from NIC to put on our quite busy router >>> based >>> on freebsd 6.3 (soon 7.x) > how "loaded" is your router? > > Bandwith (bbs) and Packets (pps) ? > > Kind regards, > Ingo Flaschberger We have a 6.3-STABLE router that has worked flawlessly with our quad port Intel card... 100 - 200Mbps with occational peaks of 500 - 600Mbps, no problem. FYI, Our newer FreeBSD 7.0 router (with a slightly newer quad Intel Pro PT card) has watchdog timeouts... a couple of 1 or 2 second outages a day. Maybe 6.3 is better... any one else seeing watchdog timeouts with their emX? How many bbs are people getting out of their boxes in production? Rudy ---------------- MonkeyBrains.net Colo, IPv4, IPv6
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