On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 3:43 AM, Andrew Snow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I can confirm that FreeBSD 7.0-RC1 can route packets at 1gbps. I used a > late-model Supermicro Xeon server which has two gigabit NICs on a > PCI-express "4x" lane. > > With the new em driver improvements in 7 it uses very little CPU time, I > would recommend using Pro/1000 on 7.0 with a decent server motherboard > if you want to achieve this speed. > > - Andrew > >
I remember somebody mentioned that the packet switching/routing performance of AMD Opteron machines was much bigger than Intel's, mostly due to the integrated memory controller. Has anyone done any comparisons between the two architectures? --Niki _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
