On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 01:51, Chris Cappuccio <ch...@nmedia.net> wrote:
> Rupert Gallagher [r...@protonmail.com] wrote: >>> Out of curiosity, I just tested an apu2c4 server with obsd 6.1, against a >>> windows 10 client on LAN with a 1Gbit CISCO switch in between and 9K MTU on >>> both sides, using iperf3 -P10. The result is a spectacular 950Mbits/sec. >> This is not a regression. > ???? >> The APU2 has limited CPU power and can handle larger packets much better >> than typically internet-routable 1500 byte packets. > You seem to say that handling larger packets is a feature of having limited > CPU. I disagree. >> The same traffic level, with 1500 byte packets generates 6 times more >> packets per second than that traffic level with 9000 bytes packets. > You divided 9000 by 1500 without mistakes. Congratulations. >> There is ongoing work to improve the network stack performance on boxes like >> the APU2 (which have 4 cores). You will see improvements. If you want it >> better today, you need a faster box. Chris > The apu2c4 is fast enough to saturate its Intel 1Gbits/sec link. It has three > of those. If you connect all three to the switch, you get 3Gbps shy. No need > for a faster box. You rather need a faster switch, class 7 S-FTP wires > (better than class 6), and 2.5Gbps lan cards for clients.
