On 17.2.2023. 18:29, Nicolas Goy wrote: > I know this question has been answered multiple times, but I wonder if > things changed with 7.2. > > Which NIC would provide the best performance with 10G physical layer > with open bsd? > > I have choice between intel e810, x710, x550, x520, broadcom > BCM957414A4142CC or maybe even something else.
go with x520 or x710. e810 is not supported and broadcom in my experience is not that stable. x520 can have up to 16 queues x710 can have up to 8 queues but with power of 2 with or without pf and with standard imix traffic you could saturate 10G if you have fast cores ... and by fast i mean amd fast, not intel fast :) if you have pfsync forwarding will be slower if you have ipsec tunnels forwarding will be much slower long time ago i've stopped worrying about performance and start learning about features that pf and openbsd gave me
