Re: Router performance amd64 vs i386

2015-05-26 Thread patric conant
On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 11:15 AM, Claudio Jeker cje...@diehard.n-r-g.com wrote: On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 04:27:23PM +0200, Janne Johansson wrote: ..or, if it really is important for you, why not set up a test and benchmark it? I have no idea if or when amd64 would have surpassed i386 in

Re: Router performance amd64 vs i386

2015-05-26 Thread Claudio Jeker
On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 04:27:23PM +0200, Janne Johansson wrote: ..or, if it really is important for you, why not set up a test and benchmark it? I have no idea if or when amd64 would have surpassed i386 in performance, and if it is better how much better. But if this was an important topic

Re: Router performance amd64 vs i386

2015-05-26 Thread Janne Johansson
..or, if it really is important for you, why not set up a test and benchmark it? I have no idea if or when amd64 would have surpassed i386 in performance, and if it is better how much better. But if this was an important topic worthy of the science, then by all means do test it on your particular

Router performance amd64 vs i386

2015-05-25 Thread Bill Buhler
I'm preparing a new flash image for an Intel Atom dual core based router with 2gb of ram. I'm curious if there are current comments on the current performance of the two platforms? I know in the past the i386 was actually faster at things like PF, but that was several years ago. Thanks,

Re: Router performance amd64 vs i386

2015-05-25 Thread Nick Holland
On 05/25/15 18:41, Bill Buhler wrote: I'm preparing a new flash image for an Intel Atom dual core based router ^^ with 2gb of ram. I'm curious if there are current comments on the current performance of the two platforms? I know in the past the

Re: Router performance amd64 vs i386

2015-05-25 Thread jungle Boogie
On 25 May 2015 at 20:05, Nick Holland n...@holland-consulting.net wrote: Many seem to think tuning a firewall is like drag racing, where every 1% might be the difference between winning and losing. It isn't. It is like driving in traffic -- you can't go faster than any of a number of