From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Donato Diaz Subject: NAT Server, SMP box or Single CPU box? Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 11:22:16 -0300 Message-ID: <41C98318.7050703@itcsoluciones.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Sender: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: linux-net@vger.kernel.org, linux-admin@vger.kernel.org Hi, I have read in different lists that some people are having problem doing NAT with SMP Servers, due to the way the kernel manage conntrack with both CPUs. NAT runs slower on Server SMP with two CPUs? Is it better a Server with one faster CPU than a server with two CPUs? I need to buy a NAT Server for +1500 users. I would like to know if an SMP Server with two CPUs is the best choice. Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks all, Donato.