My understanding is that Giant lock is gone from the FreeBSD network stack in 8: http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/arch/2009-04/msg00075.html
Dimitri Rodis Integrita Systems LLC http://www.integritasystems.com -----Original Message----- From: Bill Marquette [mailto:bill.marque...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:13 PM To: support@pfsense.com Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Re: Can't get more than 15kpps. On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Bill McIlhargey Jr <b...@mcilhargey.com> wrote: > Sounds like over kill for pfsense! :D > > Message sent from my iPhone > > Bill McIlhargey Jr > COMPUTERONIX, LLC > 978.500.5936 > supp...@compute-ronix.com > www.compute-ronix.com It's only overkill if you don't need the horsepower...with that said, pfSense isn't going to scale anywhere near linearly given PF being under the Giant lock, although it will scale a bit with more cores. --Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
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