Hello Nick, On 18.05.2013, at 18:39, Nick Khamis <symack@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Everyone,
We are running:
Gentoo Server on Dual Core Intel Xeon 3060, 2 Gb Ram Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06) Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03)
2 bgp links from different providers using quagga, iptables etc....
We are transmitting an average of 700Mbps with packet sizes upwards of 900-1000 bytes when the traffic graph begins to flatten. We also start experiencing some crashes at that point, and not have been able to pinpoint that either.
I was hoping to get some feedback on what else we can strip from the kernel. If you have a similar setup for a stable platform the .config would be great!
Also, what are your thoughts on migrating to OpenBSD and bgpd, not sure if there would be a performance increase, but the security would be even more stronger?
Kind Regards,
Nick
You might be maxing out your server's PCI bus throughput, so it might be a better idea if you can get Ethernet NICs that are sitting at least on PCIe x8 slots. Leaving that aside, I take it you've configured some sort of CPU/PCI affinity? As for migration to another OS, I find FreeBSD better as a matter of network performance. The last time I checked OpenBSD was either lacking or was in the early stages of multiple cores support.