Cisco TRex does a pretty decent job of generating ridiculous amounts of traffic 
if you have a supported NIC, and it’s open source.

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> 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?
>>> 
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