On 3/26/06, Per-Olov Sjvholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My questions are: > Is it normal for the above server to idle for 50-70% when there is 50Mbit > network load and 25000 states? > Is there a way to make it idle even more and lower the interrups? How? > If the average network load increases to let's say 100Mbit, is the > interrupt and cpu consumption linear? > We do not want to have any production stops.. So are there any kernel > knobs we should touch in this environment? > Can PF make use of SMP? If so... How efficient is it?
Why is it that network usage is still popularized by artificial measures, i.e. mbit/s? What kind of pps rates do you see per interface?
