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Date:      Sat, 21 Oct 2006 22:12:55 +0200 (CEST)
From:      "Kirill Ponazdyr" <lists@codeangels.com>
To:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Gigabit performance test
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> Are you using amd64 or i386 kernel ? the config implies you are using
> i386

On firewall, i386

>
> I found
> kern.polling.idle_poll=1
> to improve performance in polling.

Oh, that does it! Excellent! Performance jumped to 930mbit in single
thread instantly.

> Also, try updating the box to 6.2
> first as there are quite a few improvements to the em driver

Done, it seems like CPU usage is less now

> You can also fiddle with assigning less to userspace with
> kern.polling.user_frac=30
> Don remember for sure, but ipfw seemed to be a bit faster that pf.
> Also with no firewall loaded there seemed to be quite a bit more
> throughput... However, that kind of defeats the purpose of a firewall.

;) Now the actual firewall test comes. pv vs ipf vs ipfw vs SonicWall
5060. Stay tuned for results.

Thanks!

Kirill





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