> -----Urspr|ngliche Nachricht----- > Von: "Daniel Ouellet" <[email protected]> > Gesendet: 15.09.09 16:20:09 > An: misc <[email protected]> > Betreff: Re: Defending OpenBSD Performance
> Henning Brauer wrote: > > * Nick <[email protected]> [2009-09-15 13:52]: > >> Yep. Most performance-oriented thing I've done with OpenBSD was > >> firewalling a 45Mbps T3 line. It did tax the machine a little bit, > >> but the primary firewall was a Celeron 600, about five years old at > >> the time it was put into service (failover was a PIII-750, which > >> showed a lot lower load, I think it was more the cache than the MHz). > > > > i have a bgp machine forwarding 800MBit/s of real world generic > > internet traffic. can handle at least twice that. enough of a > > benchmark? > > Henning, > > If I may ask here. One thing that would be nice for the records is to > get a little bit more details on your setup doing that if you have no > problem providing it obviously. Specially the PF configuration tie to > this bgp router as well may well be very educating to many. > > I always wonder what simple difference from stock install might be there > in the hardware or sysctl to get there, what network card are use now, > but more important is the PF configuration use in some router as well. I > really do not recall have seen one email on the subject. That would be > great to have. Not something to preach by, but something useful and base > line if you want to start with. > > I for one would welcome it and would be curious as to what PF > configuration tie with the bgp router are actually in use and proven to > be good with decent speed. Obviously I assume there is a minimum of PF > in use there, but may be not? Am I wrong? > > I don't know if many would appreciate this for the records, but I sure > would love it. Should you find a little time to put it on misc@ know you > would have an avid reader for it! (;> +1
