Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 13:35:53 -0700 From: Brandon Huey <brandon@virage.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: cpu considerations for packet filtering Message-ID: <35EDAC29.F726969F@virage.com>
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how important is L2 cache for packet-filtering, and heavy network traffic in general? i have a very small 3.0-SNAP kernel with ipf and ssh that will boot from floppy into memory. the hard drive in the machine is used only for logging. i'm writing a front-end to ipf so that the admin of this gateway can generate new rules and have them updated via scp. i want to build this as cheaply as possible and am interested by the AMD 3D cpu which i have found for < $100. the possible downside is that it has no integrated cache. advice? thanks, -bh To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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