Re: Tuning Ggiabit

From: Simon L. Nielsen (simon_at_nitro.dk)
Date: 06/28/03

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    To: Craig Reyenga <craig@craig.afraid.org>
    
    
    

    On 2003.06.28 03:35:43 -0700, Craig Reyenga wrote:
    > (This message may show up three times, I apologise if so.)
    >
    > Hi,
    >
    > I've been trying to get my gigabit link to run as fast as possible, but I
    > have run out of ideas. I've documented (though not very well) what I have
    > done thus far:
    >
    > http://craig.afraid.org/a/b?page=computer/gigabit
    >
    > If there is any more I can do besides what I have already done, I would love
    > to hear it. Please avoid suggestions that require spending money.
    >
    > Thanks in advance,

    When using the em driver under FreeBSD, it can be useful to try to
    addjust some tuneables in sys/dev/em/if_em.h. Specifically EM_RDTR and
    EM_TADV.

    With the hardware in the FreeBSD box I don't think you should expect it
    to go that fast, since the bus/CPU will be the bottleneck.

    I would suggest looking at vmstat and similar tools. It can be very
    useful to find what the bottleneck really is.

    -- 
    Simon L. Nielsen
    
    



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