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Date:      Mon, 11 Feb 2002 12:00:19 -0800
From:      Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com>
To:        "Tariq Rashid" <tariq@inty.net>
Cc:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: squeeze more performance out of natd? 
Message-ID:  <200202112000.PAA10901@devonshire.cnchost.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 11 Feb 2002 16:53:54 GMT." <MPENKFCCIIDAJKJJOLBHOEAHCIAA.tariq@inty.net> 

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>  possible ideas:
> 
> 	* is doing a select on 1000 file descriptors more efficient than having 10
> selects on 100 file descriptors?
> 
> 	* what about diverting to multiple natd processes?
> 
> 	* threading? are there any benefits at all in this scenario?

Or write a translator from natd rules to ipnat rules.  Doing three system calls
and a couple of extra context switches costs a bunch.

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