I want to maximize the number of packets that I can pass between the interfaces. I want to meet the 850Kpps that Harald achieved. -----Original Message----- From: Gary W. Smith [mailto:gary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 7:04 PM To: dan-lists.netfilter.org@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Best performance: 2 cards, one on each PCI-X bus,2 cards on one PCI-X bus, or a single card with two interfaces? What are your trying to accomplish? Performance for one thing differences from another. Lot's of memory and raid with many disks are critical, that is, if your building a high volume SQL server... > -----Original Message----- > From: netfilter-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:netfilter- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of dan- > lists.netfilter.org@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 3:08 PM > To: netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Best performance: 2 cards, one on each PCI-X bus,2 cards on one > PCI-X bus, or a single card with two interfaces? > > Hello, > > I have been sifting the archives to come up with hardware to give me the > best performance. I read Harald's threads surrounding the performance of > dual Opteron system and am building a box based on those specs (fast > memory, > NAPI, 32bit kernel, etc.). > > Here's my question: > > My motherboard has two 133Mhz PCI-X busses. For best performance should I > (1) put one card on each bus, (2) put two cards on one bus, or (3) use a > single card with two interfaces? > > I appreciate the advice. > > Best regards, > > Dan > >
