Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:55:05 -0800 From: pete wright <nomadlogic@gmail.com> To: Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com> Cc: tm4526@aol.com Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3 Network performance tests Message-ID: <57d7100004111110557b517fe7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4193b0d3.016fcb85.16af.0013@smtp.gmail.com> References: <82.1aea0101.2ec5090f@aol.com> <4193b0d3.016fcb85.16af.0013@smtp.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 00:04:44 +0530, Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of TM4526@aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 23:57
> To: questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: FreeBSD 5.3 Network performance tests
>
> As promised, I've tested the basic network stack for 5.3 -RELEASE
> The results follow:
>
> Hardware:
>
> Celeron 1.7Ghz processor
> Dual onboard Intel NICs, fxp driver
> Intel 845G chipset
> 256MB Ram, 120MB allocated to the kernel.
>
> Setup:
>
> Setup 1: Generic Kernel
>
> FreeBSD 4.10: 40% interrupt usage
> FreeBSD 5.3: 55% interrupt usage
>
> Setup 2:
>
> The systems were stripped of all hooks, including firewalls,
> gif and bpf inputs.
>
> FreeBSD 4.10: 35% interrupt usage
> FreeBSD 5.3: 48% interrupt usage
>
> Setup 3:
>
> We typically use Freebsd with IPFIREWALL and
> IPDIVERT enabled. The setup had only 1 allow
> rule in the ruleset:
>
> FreeBSD 4.10: 42% interrupt usage
> FreeBSD 5.3: 58% interrupt usage
>
>
> Thanks for your test results. Was DEVICE_POLLING enables in the kernel and
> the sysctl?
yes i think it's good that we can now get down to testing real metrics
here! would it also be worth posting a dmesg/kernconf as well.
cheers,
pete
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Pete Wright
www.nycbug.org
NYC's *BSD User Group
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