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--- documentation:faq [2019/12/18 02:12] – [What's about the routing performance ?] olivier
+++ documentation:faq [2022/07/09 17:55] – [What's about the routing performance ?] olivier
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 ===== What's about the routing performance ? =====
-It depends of your hardware:
+It depends on your hardware:
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   * 4 cores Atom with with multi-queue aware NIC is the minimum for a line-rate gigabit router (1.48Mpps of smallest packet size).
-  * 8 core Xeon is the minimum for a 10Gigabit Full-Duplex (10Gbps receiving + 10Gbps transmitting = 20Gbps) with IMIX packet size distribution
+  * 8 core Atom not enough for the minimum for a 10Gigabit Full-Duplex (10Gbps receiving + 10Gbps transmitting = 20Gbps) with IMIX packet size distribution
-  * 12 core Xeon is needed for a 10Gb line-rate router (14.8Mpps)
+  * 8 core Xeon is enough for a 10Gb line-rate router (14.8Mpps)
+===== What's about the firewall performance ? =====
+A server designed to support 40Gb/s of bidirectional traffic could almost support IPFW in stateless mode but not pf neither ipf:
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 ===== What's about IPSec performance ? =====