On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Henning Brauer <lists-open...@bsws.de>
wrote:
>> pf enabled on just the tcpbench server: with cbq queuing enabled on
>> the internal interface as follows (for tcpbench only, not for real
>> network use) - no other queues defined on $int_if:
>>
>> altq on $int_if cbq bandwidth 1Gb queue { std_in, ssh_im_in, dns_in }
>> queue std_in bandwidth 999.9Mb cbq(default,borrow)
>>
>> 401 Mb/s
>>
>> Why is that? cbq code overhead? The machine doesn't have enough CPU?
>> Or am I missing something? Admittedly it's an old P4.
>
> test results on old P4 are unfortunately pretty much pointless.
Why?
cpu0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.53GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 2.52 GHz
Isn't 2.52GHz fast enough for gigabit links? I know that's like half
that in P3 cycles, but still... What's the issue?
Thank you.
