Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:52:56 +0200 From: Valentin Bud <valentin.bud@gmail.com> To: nikitha <sumi.techno@gmail.com> Cc: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd>, Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@gmx.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tuning routing table size in FreeBSD 8.0 and 7.2 Message-ID: <AANLkTik_BveA2N-tNrAX1AL1adYnQNshYPGHef%2B5X8ST@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimcBc1CYZD6da1Tshhdc8a7xs=6Bg2MHWxpR=hr@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTinaQ0D5dv%2B0FXydpH-%2B=EVvhaN9%2B%2BANsSdS7gtG@mail.gmail.com> <4D66708E.8060500@my.gd> <4D668A55.6060002@gmx.com> <AANLkTimcBc1CYZD6da1Tshhdc8a7xs=6Bg2MHWxpR=hr@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 9:37 PM, nikitha <sumi.techno@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you all, for your timely reply.. > To answer Niko's question: Just i'm doing some performance/stress testing > of > a freebsd router.. :-) > > -Sumi > > On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 10:11 PM, Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@gmx.com> wrote: > > > On 2/24/2011 4:51 PM, Damien Fleuriot wrote: > > > >> On 2/24/11 3:00 PM, nikitha wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> Could you plz share the information on the maximum number of routes > that > >>> can > >>> be added (by default) in FREEBSD 8.0/7.2 kernel? > >>> In Linux the sysctl rt_max_size is used. Is there a similar tunable > >>> parameter in freeBSD? > >>> > >> [snip] > > > > > >> I could not find a sysctl that matched what you're looking for. > >> > >> AFAIK, the routing table is limited only by the amount of RAM you can > >> allocate to it. > >> > > > > Yes. You can use "vmstat -z | grep rtentry" to examine it. > > It seems trivial to add a limit there(without having thought of > > multiple routing tables and vnet). > > > > Out of curiosity, why would you want such a limit? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Hello Sumi, What tools do you use to perform the tests? thanks, v -- network warrior
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