On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 07:18:43PM -0500, Mike Jakubik wrote: > Max Laier said: > > > There is now: pf comes with 64bit statistic counters. For now you can put > > them on one interface only, but in future version there will be more > > flexible statistics. Additionally there are many accounting programs out > > there which utilize various existing (32bit) counters or the [i]pf[w] > > interfaces: sysutils/ipa or net-mgmt/ipacctd to name just two off the top > > of > > my head. > > Well that's good to hear. Too bad the base system can?t implement > something like this. Does pf not incur the same performance penalty as > Brooks and Kris pointed out?
Sure, you measure it ;) ... no, of course it is more expensive to update a 64bit counter on a 32bit arch, but the key (once again) is descision: While (almost) all of the pf counters are 64bit types you can configure it not to use the loginterface or whatsoever more. So it's up to you: You need 64bit counters? You shall have them! You need *fast* 64bit counters? AMD sells nice processors (they say)! ... you get the idea. -- Best regards, | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Max Laier | ICQ #67774661 http://pf4freebsd.love2party.net/ | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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