High intr CPU % and slow throughput

2014-09-18 Thread Freddie Cash
[Not sure if this is more appropriate for the -ipfw or -stable mailing lists.] 64-bit FreeBSD 10.0-p7 Dual-core AMD Opteron 1218 CPU @ 2.6 GHz ​2 GB of DDR2 RAM Intel i350-T4 quad-port gigabit NIC using igb(4) Each of the gigabit NIC ports are connected to gigabit links (we have a gigabit fibre

Re: High intr CPU % and slow throughput

2014-09-18 Thread Alexander V. Chernikov
On 18.09.2014 20:26, Freddie Cash wrote: > [Not sure if this is more appropriate for the -ipfw or -stable mailing > lists.] > > > 64-bit FreeBSD 10.0-p7 > > Dual-core AMD Opteron 1218 CPU @ 2.6 GHz > ​2 GB of DDR2 RAM > Intel i350-T4 quad-port gigabit NIC using igb(4) > > Each of the gigabit NI

Re: High intr CPU % and slow throughput

2014-09-18 Thread Freddie Cash
​Aha! I believe I've found the cause of our current issue. In an effort to allow reloading of the firewall rules during the day without disconnecting anyone (dropping TCP connections), I started playing with rule sets. And everything appeared to be working wonderfully, in that I could restart th