On Sep 28, 2006, at 2:22 AM, Luca Corti wrote:
On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 21:05 -0400, Daniel Ouellet wrote:
Just in case you haven't seen it yet.
Hello,
a comment to the article mentions that x86 is not a good arch for
high
pps firewalls because it has limits in interrupts per seconds it can
handle. No one commented on that.
Is this true? Which archs supported by openbsd are better suited for
that kind of work?
thanks
I think you're referring to this bit from the article:
<snip>
For instance, i386-class machines are not able to handle much
more than 10,000 interrupts per second, no matter how fast the
CPU is, due to architectural constraints.
</snip>
please note the difference between 'x86' and '386'. He's saying that
15 year old hardware is inadequate. Unless you're running 15 year
old hardware, this does not apply to you.
