Re: What is 2.4 Linux networking performance like compared to BSD?

Hans Reiser
2001-03-01T16:36:58Z

Todd wrote:
>
> hans,
>
> we've found that the TCP and UDP performance on 2.4 is *dramatically*
> better than 2.2. with the acenic gig-e driver on PIII-933 UP (66MHz x
> 64bits PCI) we are getting 993 Mb/s with 2.4.0 with jumbo frames (about
> 850 Mb/s with standard ethernet frames). the best number we got with 2.2
> was about 650 with jumbos and 550 with standard.
>
> i'd recommend it's networking performance to anyone.
>
> todd underwood
> todd@unm.edu
>
> On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Hans Reiser wrote:
>
> > Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 02:26:20 +0300
> > From: Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>
> > To: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
> > Subject: What is 2.4 Linux networking performance like compared to BSD?
> >
> > I have a client that wants to implement a webcache, but is very leery of
> > implementing it on Linux rather than BSD.
> >
> > They know that iMimic's polymix performance on Linux 2.2.* is half what it is on
> > BSD. Has the Linux 2.4 networking code caught up to BSD?
> >
> > Can I tell them not to worry about the Linux networking code strangling their
> > webcache product's performance, or not?
> >
> > Hans
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The problem is that I really need BSD vs. Linux experiences, not Linux 2.4 vs.
2.2 experiences, because the webcache industry tends to strongly disparage Linux
networking code, so much better isn't necessarily good enough.

Hans