Hi, thanks for answering, I'm using 1.2.2 ( it scares me a bit to use a non-stable version in production).
I do realize it might be a problem with FreeBSD rather than pfSense, especially that I saw a couple of related posts on the net(without solution). What I can't understand is how come a lot of people here talking about pushing 300-400kpps, and I can't even do 20?! I believe my hardware is up to at least 200, don't you think? Unless you tell me it's all related to a kind of traffic, meaning that a website with a lot of small files (no more than 500KB) has hit the limit here. I will try 1.2.3 as a last resort though.... thanks, Lenny. On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 7:17 PM, Chris Buechler <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 6:57 AM, Lenny <[email protected]> wrote: > > Guys, > > > > I'm really desperate:( > > Last week I replaced the Intel Dual NIC with a new one of the same kind > > (82546GB). > > For a week of low load (6kpps on average) I never saw a single error on > the > > interfaces, but yesterday came the high load and it happened again. > > So I'm totally out of ideas. > > > > The main problem remains: the minute I get high load (about 14-18kpps, > > 250000 states, 120Mb traffic), the em0 and em1 taskq processes lock on > 100% > > each and the website becomes unresponsive or very slow. I also started to > > see errors on the interfaces again. The moment I release some of that > load - > > everything is back to normal. > > Just to remind you, my hardware is IBM x335 server, 2 x Xeon 3.06GHz CPU, > > 2GB RAM, Intel Dual NIC PCI-X. > > By the way, the total CPU load I see at these situations is 40-50%. It's > a > > SMP setup, so the taskq processes lock the 2 out of 4 CPUs available. > > Should I go on and mess with em drivers? What should I change there if > so? > > > > You using 1.2.2 or 1.2.3? If 1.2.2 or earlier, the best I can suggest > is trying 1.2.3 since it's based on a newer FreeBSD and has newer > em(4) driver. > > Aside from that, you're looking at a FreeBSD issue of some sort and > there isn't much if anything we can do to help you there. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org > >
