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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] RE: [FW1] NT or Unix
Has anyone done any VPN benchmarking (especially 3DES)? I think for those of us with T1 or slower connections, that's the only place we're going to see practical performance differences, unless you're on some really old hardware. In our case, average CPU utilization was around 5% until we started doing VPNs, so performance/throughput simply wasn't an issue. Add VPNs and watch the meter go up. So I wonder, do Unix/Nokia boxes buy you anything in the way of performance improvements with VPNs vs. NT, or is the Unix advantage solely in more efficient (faster) packet handling/routing? Geoff -----Original Message----- From: Mark Decker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 6:25 PM To: Jeff Quinonez; [email protected] Subject: RE: [FW1] NT or Unix The apples-to-apples benchmarks I mentioned were performed on Penguin Computing boxes (700Mhz Intel processor, 128MB RAM) using FireWall-1 v4.1. Tests were run with both Red Hat Linux with the 2.2.16 kernel, and with NT 4.0 SP6. The Linux throughput numbers were more than 40% higher than the NT numbers. However, it's important to note that these were lab tests in an artificial environment, so they should be taken with a grain of salt. A different testing method might yield substantially different results. It's also important to note that the NT numbers weren't exactly low, just lower than the Linux numbers. If the firewall is hooked up to a T1 WAN pipe, the NT box will still have PLENTY of excess capacity. The throughput limitations of NT are only an issue with LAN-to-LAN or very high-speed Internet connections. Mark L. Decker Rainfinity [email protected] www.rainfinity.com> -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Quinonez > Subject: RE: [FW1] NT or Unix > > Suh weet. What type of hardware are you speaking of on the > Linux side? Also what flav of Linux? ============================================================================ ==== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ============================================================================ ==== ================================================================================ To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================================================
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