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Date:      Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:38:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Paul Pathiakis <pathiaki2@yahoo.com>
To:        Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>, =?iso-8859-1?Q?Istv=E1n?= <leccine@gmail.com>
Cc:        Hongtao Yin <htyin@huawei.com>, freebsd-performance@freebsd.org, Brent Jones <brent@servuhome.net>
Subject:   Re: Comparison of FreeBSD/Linux TCP Throughput performance
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Hi,=0A=0Agoing to chime in on this one....just trying to help.=0A=0AThere's=
 some simple things to get Gb, jumbo frames (MTU > 1500 on both the switch =
port and the card) is a simple way.=0A=0AHowever, I'd have to read back on =
this thread as I haven't had time of late.  Basically, and I've seen this o=
n many, many Gb cards, chipsets and Drives make the world of difference.  =
=0A=0AI tried for a few days to try and get an HP DL360 with it's dual on-b=
oard Broadcom bge NIC to get to 1 Gb.... just plain no way.  If anyone has =
settings for that, I'd like to know them.  Also, this is the same chip set =
that a lot of vendors use and it is cheap and inexpensive.  When I couldn't=
 get the thing to go beyond 720Mb, I tried something simple.  I ordered an =
Intel dual Gb port card and put that in.  WITHOUT tuning, this thing starte=
d at almost 800 Mb throughput and I almost got it to 850 Mb within a few ho=
urs.=0A=0AI wish I could send those settings to this list but it was well o=
ver a year ago that I did this.=0A=0ASadly, most large vendors start with B=
roadcom chipsets and don't want to spent the extra $10 for the Intel chipse=
t.  (No, I am not a fan boy of Intel, more of AMD if anything, but their NI=
Cs rock.)=0A=0AP.=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0AFrom: Ad=
rian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>=0ATo: Istv=E1n <leccine@gmail.com>=0ACc: Ho=
ngtao Yin <htyin@huawei.com>; freebsd-performance@freebsd.org; Brent Jones =
<brent@servuhome.net>=0ASent: Mon, October 19, 2009 10:39:53 PM=0ASubject: =
Re: Comparison of FreeBSD/Linux TCP Throughput performance=0A=0A2009/10/20 =
Istv=E1n <leccine@gmail.com>:=0A=0A=0A> therefore i like netpipe runs you c=
an see the performance and the latency as=0A> well using the packet size as=
 your "x" axis, i think it makes more sense=0A> then just 1 number=0A=0AMy =
point was to demonstrate that saturating gigabit ethernet is very=0Adoable =
with FreeBSD, and his limitation is more likely somewhere other=0Athan "TCP=
".=0A=0AI've told him privately to check CPU utilisation. I'll do the same =
on=0Amy boxes when I get some time; I'd like to know why I'm only seeing ~=
=0A800mbit with large buffers.=0A__________________________________________=
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