Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 07:29:26 -0800 (PST) From: Danial Thom <danial_thom@yahoo.com> To: Marcin Jessa <lists@yazzy.org> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd router Message-ID: <20060111152926.48665.qmail@web33309.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20060111151133.236856a4.lists@yazzy.org>
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> There is an article I would like you to read > before going any further: > http://bulk.fefe.de/scalability/ You know I just read a bit more of this; this is better than reading the morning comics! What a bunch of useless "tests" and wrong conclusions. He's using a UP system, and says linux 2.6 scales fabulously. Well in truth, linux 2.6 will start dropping packets at a much lower traffic level than 2.4 will. They've made trade-offs in 2.6 that no longer make packet reception a preemptive task (which gives audio-type application more controllable access to the kernel). The worst part is that there is no way to fix it. So linux 2.6 is, IMO, completely unusable for a large scale router. But if you plan on checking the cpu cycle clock a few million times a second, then I'd follow his results to make your business decisions! LOL __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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