Hi Tim,
can you please check the core affinity
[--core-affinity|-g] <cpu core ids> | Bind the capture/processing threads to
| specific CPU cores (specified as a comma-
| separated list)
and give every ntopng interface a different (better if physical) core, and
report?
Thanks Luca
> On 9 Jan 2017, at 16:45, Tim Raphael <raphael.timo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Alfredo,
>
> This is our current version:
>
> v.2.5.170109 [Enterprise/Professional Edition]
> Pro rev: r870
> Built on: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
>
> We are likely to see up to 8-9Gbit/sec off traffic from ~1000 hosts.
>
> NTopng configuration:
>
> user@mon03:~$ cat /etc/ntopng/ntopng.conf
> -w=3000
> -W=0
> -g=-1
> -F=es;flows;nprobe-%Y.%m.%d;http://localhost:9200/_bulk;
> -m=“138.0.0.0/22"
> -d=/storage/ntopng
> -G=/var/run/ntopng.pid
> -U=root
> -i=zc:eth4@0
> -i=zc:eth4@1
> -i=zc:eth4@2
> -i=zc:eth4@3
> -i=zc:eth4@4
> -i=zc:eth4@5
> -i=zc:eth4@6
> -i=zc:eth4@7
> -i=view:zc:eth4@0,zc:eth4@1,zc:eth4@2,zc:eth4@3,zc:eth4@4,zc:eth4@5,zc:eth4@6,zc:eth4@7
> --online-license-check
>
>
>
> I also want to confirm that PF_RING ZC is working correctly:
>
> user@mon03:~$ cat /proc/net/pf_ring/info
> PF_RING Version : 6.5.0
> (dev:b07e3297700d70c836a626beee697c8fc9fad019)
> Total rings : 9
>
> Standard (non ZC) Options
> Ring slots : 4096
> Slot version : 16
> Capture TX : Yes [RX+TX]
> IP Defragment : No
> Socket Mode : Standard
> Cluster Fragment Queue : 0
> Cluster Fragment Discard : 0
>
>
> user@mon03:~$ cat /proc/net/pf_ring/dev/eth4/info
> Name: eth4
> Index: 8
> Address: 00:1B:21:A4:86:10
> Polling Mode: NAPI/ZC
> Type: Ethernet
> Family: Intel ixgbe 82599
> TX Queues: 12
> RX Queues: 12
> Num RX Slots: 32768
> Num TX Slots: 32768
>
>
> Does the above indicate the device is actually running in ZC mode even though
> the polling mode says “NAPI/ZC”?
> The documentation seems to be out of date with regard to confirming the NIC
> is actually running in ZC mode. A regular TCPDump on eth4 shows no packets (i
> assume this is correct as the kernel shouldn’t be receiving packets) but
> ifconfig counters for eth4 seem to still be increasing - is this correct when
> the packets shouldn’t be seen by the kernel?
>
> Also, with the change from an 8-core VM to a 12-core bare mental hosts,
> PF_RING is now using 12 Queues, is this the default behaviour to increase the
> queues to the number of processor cores?
>
> Regards,
>
> Tim
>
>
>
>
>> On 10 Jan 2017, at 4:19 am, Alfredo Cardigliano <cardigli...@ntop.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Tim
>> I just realised you are using ntop (I guess you mean ntopng) for processing
>> traffic, I thought you were running performance tests with PF_RING,
>> please provide a few more info about your configuration:
>> - ntopng version
>> - ntopng configuration
>> - traffic rate (pps and gbps)
>>
>> Best Regards
>> Alfredo
>>
>>> On 8 Jan 2017, at 23:29, Tim Raphael <raphael.timo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> These are our n2membenchmarks:
>>>
>>> user@mon03:~$ sudo n2membenchmark
>>> 43368699.838202 pps/22.204774 Gbps
>>> 42639209.533752 pps/21.831275 Gbps
>>> 42501135.455717 pps/21.760581 Gbps
>>> 43745856.911580 pps/22.397879 Gbps
>>> 35157099.401825 pps/18.000434 Gbps
>>> 32567529.758572 pps/16.674576 Gbps
>>> 43278821.125976 pps/22.158756 Gbps
>>> 42753771.110469 pps/21.889931 Gbps
>>>
>>> This is on bare metal with ~32GB RAM and 12 Cores on a Hex-core with HT
>>> enabled.
>>>
>>> I plan on running ~ 8 Virtual NIC queues to keep 4 cores free - thoughts?
>>>
>>> - Tim
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 5 Jan 2017, at 10:18 pm, Tim Raphael <raphael.timo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Alfredo,
>>>>
>>>> The installed NTop application is currently in a VM however the numademo
>>>> numbers were generated via a live CD (an easy way to test performance
>>>> without flattening the host).
>>>> The R520 has 12 RAM slots, we’re filled the 6 (in triple-channel
>>>> configuration) associated with the filled processor.
>>>> I’ll have a crack at the n2membenchmark tool and let you know.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Tim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On 5 Jan 2017, at 10:12 pm, Alfredo Cardigliano <cardigli...@ntop.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Tim
>>>>> how many RAM slots did you fill in practice? “All” or “all channels”?
>>>>> Please run n2membenchmark, included in the n2disk package, which is our
>>>>> benchmarking tool and let us see some output.
>>>>> Are you running a VM on this R520 or a native OS?
>>>>>
>>>>> Alfredo
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 5 Jan 2017, at 14:37, Tim Raphael <raphael.timo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We have a Dell R520 with a single processor (and one empty slot) and all
>>>>>> the associated RAM slots filled.
>>>>>> numademo shows we can do 14,000MB/s which is apparently a little short
>>>>>> of the 16,000MB/s required for line rate 10Gbit PF_RING NTop analysis.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there anything else we can do with the hardware to up potential
>>>>>> performance?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We have previously installed NTop with PF_RING on a VM on a dedicated
>>>>>> R710 (dual Proc, 24GB RAM) and could only do 4Gbit/s tops.
>>>>>> In the case of the R520, we don’t have to worry about NUMA allocation as
>>>>>> there is only one CPU, all the correct RAM slots are filled and the PCIe
>>>>>> slot the NIC is using is directly connected to the CPU filled.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Would it be worth installing NTop on bare metal?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tim
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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