>  are you also using the same pf_ring version? (looking for differences first 
> of all)

The new box has a newer version of PF_RING on it.
New box:
PF_RING Version          : 5.6.1 ($Revision: 6565$)
Total rings              : 8

Old Box:
PF_RING Version     : 5.5.3 ($Revision: 6109$)
Total rings         : 8

Do you want me to drop the new box back to 5.5.3? The old box is still in 
production, so I don't want to upgrade that one yet if it's PF_RING that is 
causing the issues.

Scott Finlon, CISSP
-----------------------------------------
Information Security Engineer
The University of Scranton
Email : [email protected]
Phone : 570-941-6168
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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] 
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alfredo Cardigliano
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 4:12 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Ntop-misc] PF_RING / DNA + Snort

Scott
are you also using the same pf_ring version? (looking for differences first of 
all)

Alfredo

On Jul 18, 2013, at 3:30 AM, Scott Finlon <[email protected]> wrote:

> Alfredo,
> At first I was using a slightly different config because I was utilizing 16 
> threads instead of 8, but when I turned off hyper threading i went back to 
> using the exact same config.
> PF_RING with the DNA DAQ, 8 queues, identical traffic, right now in the 
> summer with no students on campus we are only seeing a few hundred Mbps so 
> the older box is at 10ish % CPU utilization while the new box is at 100%.
> 
> Is there any config you would like to see specifically? 
> 
> Thank you!
> -Scott
> 
> 
> On Jul 17, 2013, at 4:19 PM, "Alfredo Cardigliano" <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Scott
>> are you using the same configuration on the two boxes? could you provide 
>> more details about configuration?
>> 
>> Best Regards
>> Alfredo
>> 
>> On Jul 17, 2013, at 9:31 PM, Scott Finlon <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Yes, both MSI-X and PCIE v3 are supported.
>>> I disabled HT because that is one of the only differences between 
>>> the two boxes, the old machine has two E5-2609's which aren't HT 
>>> capable, and the new machine has two E5-2660's which are.
>>> 
>>> Scott Finlon, CISSP GCIA
>>> -----------------------------------
>>> Information Security Engineer
>>> The University of Scranton
>>> email : [email protected]
>>> phone : 570-941-6168
>>> -----------------------------------
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 7/17/13 3:20 PM, "Ritter, Nicholas" 
>>> <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Does the new box support MSI-X and/or PCIe v3? I would think that 
>>>> disabling HT (as in HyperThreading) would be the last thing you 
>>>> would want to do.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> ________________________________________
>>>> From: [email protected]
>>>> [[email protected]] on behalf of Scott Finlon 
>>>> [[email protected]]
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 1:52 PM
>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>> Subject: [Ntop-misc] PF_RING / DNA + Snort
>>>> 
>>>> I am in the process of moving Snort from an older box to a new box. 
>>>> Both are RHEL 6 x64, both with the same NICs.
>>>> I am using PF_RING/DNA to split traffic across CPU cores on the 
>>>> box, and can verify using pf_count_multichanel that traffic is 
>>>> being split the way it should be.
>>>> 
>>>> I compiled Snort on the new box fresh, but copied the configs over. 
>>>> The old box CPU is currently sitting around 10%, the new box has 
>>>> the cores pegged at 99-100%.
>>>> 
>>>> I disabled HT on the new box, but the CPU is still maxed.
>>>> 
>>>> This looks like more of a Snort issue, not so much PF_RING, but I 
>>>> asked over there and they aren't sure what might be the cause. 
>>>> Anyone have any other ideas of what might be causing this to happen?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Scott Finlon, CISSP GCIA
>>>> -----------------------------------
>>>> Information Security Engineer
>>>> The University of Scranton
>>>> email : [email protected]
>>>> phone : 570-941-6168
>>>> -----------------------------------
>>>> 
>>>> 
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