On 14-10-23 03:06 PM, Chris L wrote:
We don't release the tuning info, and, incredibly, a couple people a month
write in demanding it.
Does this mean there’s a special, hardware-specific version of pfSense (or a
package or ?) or is the tuning in the hardware itself?
AFAIK it's the same software (plus or minus some logo and CSS changes?
not 100% sure...), but with different sysctl values precisely (in
theory) matched to the hardware it's running on. I would imagine they
also ensure all the BIOS settings are set appropriately, IRQs are
distributed appropriately, etc.
If you spent a few weeks testing the crap out of your own system, you'd
be able to figure out the precise values that maximized throughput for
your hardware, too.
Note that the precise values that work for any particular piece of
hardware are unlikely to be precisely ideal for any other particular
piece of hardware... so even copying exactly what Netgate provides on
*their* system onto yours doesn't guarantee optimal performance.
Besides, given what Jim just said, do you really think he's going to
answer your question? ;-)
The value-add is technically in the labour, but the "secret sauce" is
knowing precisely where to direct that labour to maximize the value to
his paying customers.
The rest of us get enough value from the software as it is.
--
-Adam Thompson
athom...@athompso.net
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