On Tuesday 11 April 2006 13.51, you wrote: > * Per-Olov Sj?holm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-04-05 21:50]: > > Henning Brauer wrote: > > >* Per-Olov Sj?holm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-31 18:11]: > > >>Can PF make use of SMP? > > > > > >no. > > > > So a faster cpu (not another cpu) is the only way if we will see to much > > cpu usage caused by interrupts then... ? > > (if we already have quality nics and hopefully an optimized ruleset) > > faster single CPU, better NICs, improvements in the software :) > Isn't PF perfect? ;-)
> > Or are there other things to start to look at if the interrupt usage is > > high? Are there for example better nics than our dual gig intel nics? > > yes, sk(4) But I also got a reply that said the em driver is much better in 3.9 regarding IRQ handling than in 3.8 stable. So an upgrade could probably make the load lower.. (It would be nice to now how much better) Do you know of any good and "easy to find" card that includes dual or quad gig sk chip? Thanks Per-Olov -- GPG keyID: 4DB283CE GPG fingerprint: 45E8 3D0E DE05 B714 D549 45BC CFB4 BBE9 4DB2 83CE
