This is just an update for the ml: there is a new DNA-DAQ available that solves 
this issue with Snort 2.9.5

Alfredo

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

> Alright, now PF_RING 5.5.3 and Snort 2.9.4.6 are on both boxes, and the CPU 
> on the new box is still at 100%.
> 
> Scott Finlon, CISSP
> -----------------------------------------
> Information Security Engineer
> The University of Scranton
> Email : [email protected]
> Phone : 570-941-6168
> -----------------------------------------
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alfredo 
> Cardigliano
> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 8:25 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Ntop-misc] PF_RING / DNA + Snort
> 
> Yes, please try with the same version and let us know
> 
> Thanks
> Alfredo
> 
> On Jul 18, 2013, at 2:03 PM, Scott Finlon <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> 
>>> 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
>> -----------------------------------------
>> 
>> 
>> -----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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