From: Stef Coene <stef.coene@docum.org>
To: lartc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [LARTC] Minimum System Requirements?
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 07:49:27 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-lartc-105134345125406@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-lartc-105131730313663@msgid-missing>
On Saturday 26 April 2003 02:33, ambitious_llama wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm new here and to mailing lists in general so apologies in advance for
> breaches in etiquette. I respond well to constructive criticism.
>
> I'm curious what kind of hardware requirements are needed for effective
> traffic shaping and control.
>
> For example, could a P200 with 48MB RAM handle limiting, shaping,
> NATing, and firewalling traffic from 5 - 6 clients on a 1.5Mbps/192kbps
> cable line?
It also depends on how many active classes you will have. If you create
5000000 classes but there are only 2 active classes, no problem. But 5000000
active classes will burn your CPU. The same story for iptables rules and tc
filters.
Stef
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2003-04-26 0:33 [LARTC] Minimum System Requirements? ambitious_llama
2003-04-26 1:37 ` Greg Scott
2003-04-26 7:49 ` Stef Coene [this message]
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