Cisco TRex does a pretty decent job of generating ridiculous amounts of traffic if you have a supported NIC, and it’s open source.
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 4, 2019, at 8:57 PM, Rob Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, that's kinda the point of actually doing performance tests! 8) > > If you didn't read the article, using 4 cores of a 7 year old CPU can > route 12gbit of traffic at 13% cpu (or 17gbit on a 4 year old CPU), I > think the actual data speaks for itself. > > Unfortunately, after 20gbit, it gets hard to GENERATE that amount of > traffic. When 100gbit connections are more common, it'll probably be > easier. > > --Rob > > --Rob > > >> On Sat, 5 Oct 2019 at 09:52, Robert Hudson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Because the amount of CPU available on virtualised platforms is more than >> sufficient for most people's needs? Because the numerous advantages of >> virtualisation far outweigh the (perceived) performance penalties? Because >> sometimes you don't actually have a choice? >> >> Like any good tool, virtualisation isn't for every workload in every >> environment - but where it does make sense, why not take advantage of the >> benefits? >> >>> On Fri, 4 Oct. 2019, 7:20 pm Noel Butler, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> if performance matters (and it does very much so), why would you be using >>> _anything_ virtualised at all... >>> >>> >>>> On 03/10/2019 23:19, Guy Ellis wrote: >>> >>> Has anyone bothered to evaluate TNSR which I will think replace pfsense >>> where performance really matters? >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Kind Regards, >>> >>> Noel Butler >>> >>> This Email, including any attachments, may contain legally privileged >>> information, therefore remains confidential and subject to copyright >>> protected under international law. You may not disseminate, discuss, or >>> reveal, any part, to anyone, without the authors express written authority >>> to do so. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender >>> then delete all copies of this message including attachments, immediately. >>> Confidentiality, copyright, and legal privilege are not waived or lost by >>> reason of the mistaken delivery of this message. Only PDF and ODF documents >>> accepted, please do not send proprietary formatted documents >>> _______________________________________________ >>> AusNOG mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog >> >> _______________________________________________ >> AusNOG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog _______________________________________________ AusNOG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog
