* Joe Warren-Meeks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-04-14 17:53]: > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 05:38:21PM +0200, Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote: > > Hey there, > > > According several messages I've read from Henning or Daniel in present > > and @pf list, there are not any benefits in run PF with MP kernels (and > > multi-processor boxes, of course). Even you can get a poor performance > > that uni-processor kernel/box. > > If the box was only doing pf stuff, then that would be correct. If you > were to put a bunch of ftp-proxys on there too, then MP would help, no?
ftp-proxies, not really. bloated proxies like squid, maybe pretending to try to save windows/macos boxes from the inevitable using some form of content scanning - yes, MP can be useful. -- Henning Brauer, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] BS Web Services, http://bsws.de Full-Service ISP - Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS Services Dedicated Servers, Rootservers, Application Hosting - Hamburg & Amsterdam
