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 Message-ID: <1355.192.168.1.6.1161461575.squirrel@www.codeangels.com> In-Reply-To: <g6ajj2tsqeq26ll4sugnspr0v9c542tr8t@4ax.com> References: <2108.192.168.1.6.1161393460.squirrel@www.codeangels.com> <g6ajj2tsqeq26ll4sugnspr0v9c542tr8t@4ax.com>
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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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