Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 17:40:37 +0200 From: Vlad Galu <dudu@dudu.ro> To: Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> Subject: Re: High Network Perfomance Message-ID: <CA%2BFTnKOgDUG4tB9Rg5JJ4E4mfEfbN%2B186ztTnWwReD476nRcOw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4E3C0D9E.40303@FreeBSD.org> References: <CANpwN=ticS53Z43rWVbtDU18cRtWH6sOE%2BfhJaS4LenTfZ=gpg@mail.gmail.com> <20110805002732.GA5340@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> <201108051628.19884.pieter@degoeje.nl> <20110805145626.GB13217@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> <4E3C0651.9070307@FreeBSD.org> <CA%2BFTnKN_dT2-y%2BOZHZV5TPKRb8oE8VOAVK__J-1dY1syxcQDvA@mail.gmail.com> <4E3C0D9E.40303@FreeBSD.org>
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On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org> wrote: > on 05/08/2011 18:23 Vlad Galu said the following: >> Netmap's scope may be narrow, but it's a great alternative to >> proprietary implementations that are provided by only a handful of >> vendors and tied to their hardware. I don't think Luigi foresees lots >> of users either, but having it in the base system is a lot better than >> not having it at all, IMHO. > > No doubt. > > On the other hand, it was a little bit misleading of Luigi to suggest net= map to a > user who merely asked about tuning FreeBSD network (routing/firewall) per= formance :-) > > netmap can no doubt be useful, but perhaps let's not overhype it before i= t > actually proves itself on practical tasks. =A0Or has it already? =A0I mig= ht have > missed that. It's great for IDS/IPS, which is exactly what I'm using it for :) > > -- > Andriy Gapon > --=20 Good, fast & cheap. Pick any two.
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