From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 16 00:37:02 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F26516A401 for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 00:37:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8800B43D4C for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 00:37:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 8so240981nzo for ; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:37:00 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=EG12GPIXpKThX+JqlXUhhxQiKLmANCrZoPgkYVnjo2nQQAdbyDFa2OeFtWeMCDkSy7Y8wp4IKWEqVf2Kdy4fg3n1AUtlnnkxw5yMJW1M34SWboet7SoeKYk29iXaRHQe61RMWcwqqTiu46rg/Fjdo/GxFEq/uOaJ7vh+q9p+k5A= Received: by 10.36.227.48 with SMTP id z48mr1637426nzg; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:37:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr ( [211.53.35.84]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id 7sm1743331nzn.2006.03.15.16.36.59; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:37:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr (localhost.cdnetworks.co.kr [127.0.0.1]) by michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k2G0dQfq057128 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:39:26 +0900 (KST) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: (from yongari@localhost) by michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id k2G0dOdr057127; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:39:24 +0900 (KST) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:39:24 +0900 From: Pyun YongHyeon To: OxY Message-ID: <20060316003924.GB56829@cdnetworks.co.kr> References: <000a01c64848$41d6f710$0201a8c0@oxy> <000401c64873$0f4273d0$0201a8c0@oxy> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000401c64873$0f4273d0$0201a8c0@oxy> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem with Marwell gigabit performance X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: pyunyh@gmail.com List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 00:37:02 -0000 On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 09:57:23PM +0100, OxY wrote: > after further testing and transferred for a couple hours i realized that > the performance is ok, not changed dramatically > (the server was slow when i measured 9mb/s..) > but the load! > when i used ftp before the load increased to ~2.0, but > now it's 4.5! changed back to the original driver and got 2.0 again.. > would you guys give me an advice what to buy? 3com or intel? > (i heard em(4) driver is not too good..) > thx! > I think you may not get correct test result when other system activity such as disk I/Os is in progress. Just stick to check pure network performance. For ftp, you can request "/dev/zero" from ftp server and save it as "/dev/null" on client in order to avoid disk I/Os. Also check the following URL. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/developers-handbook/testing.html -- Regards, Pyun YongHyeon