WebGUI dying under heavy load (Internal Server Error 500 etc.) ?
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So far I have been able to push ~400Mbps through a dual port Intel GigE in a P3 1Ghz and 22Mbits+ through a via rhine(vr0)/3com 2000-T (sk0) combination on a Via Eden 933.
Then again, I have not been trying to access the webgui.
A p3 1Ghz doing 400Mbits is about ~55% interrupt. So that one doesn't die from load.The Via with 22Mbits and a traffic shaper was pretty loaded but the queues page at 22Mbits was still accessible.
One point of thought though. This testing was performed somewhere in the pre RC1-ish days.
I have not ran benchmarks one rc2 and above yet.Something may indeed be amiss.
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@sullrich, actually that isnt important in this case, i have tryied with 3Coms, Realteks & Onboards both 100MBits and 1GBits.. the difference is less than 2MBit/s when im using pfSense..
But if you need the exect type of NICs, please let me know.
The interrupt is 99/100% when pfSense is doing 60MBit/s on my actual system.. wich was; P4 2,5Ghz, 256MB DDR2
and perhaps your (databeestje) results where on some RC1-ish, but in my oppinion the newer version shouldnt be slower?
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This is a known problem. I've posted to the freebsd lists but nobody has responded yet.
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I have now tryied with a different setup:
pfSense testet with:
Motherboard: MSI MS-6723
CPU P3 933Mhz
Memory: 256MB SD DDR 400
NICs: Realtek 8139Now i was able to get aproxx 96MBit (i guess the NICs couldnt handle more…)
Interrupt load was 83%.. leaving the system 100% stable and accessable..maybe the other HW wasnt 100% compatible with pfSense.. or?
is there any recommandations wich HW to use ie. wich chipset, cpu, mem, nics etc?
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Thats interesting you and databeestje both had good throughput on a P3 system. Your P4 box didn't work as well. Wonder if its the processor or the NIC cards.
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That is VERY interesting that you are able to saturate the ethernet and access the system with different nics. That makes me wonder.
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@sullrich, i didnt understand your answer?
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It's just interesting that there was such a difference between your setups. From the tests we did with different hardware/nics it looks like the problem always occurs when cpu is going to 100% no matter what hardware we used. Some nics will reach the 100% level sooner or later due to causing more or less cpu load at the same system but the problem was more or less always the same.
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I belive that the difference in througput was so different becouse the drivers wasnt correct.
I have tryed Celeron 633-S370/P3 933-S370 with good performance and with bad, depending on the motherboard, and the same with P4/C4 systems,
but in any case the type of NIC´s wasnt important.. the diffenrence between a Realtek 8139 and 3Com/Intel etc. was below 2-3MBit/sThats why i ask:
What HW is the best to use? What is pfSense written to?
Im no router/pc newbie, but i am pretty new in *nix environment..
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Whatever works with freebsd 6.1 as pfSense is based on that. Did you try a biosupgrade on the box with the poor performance? Also maybe some Biossettings might improve perfomance.
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Yes i tryed upgrading the BIOS and also some bios-settings.. didnt have any effect..
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Btw, I have Via C3 Nehemia 1 GHz miniITX based systems that can deliver 100 mbit/s wirespeed at around 80% CPU load (last time I tested).
I'm going to buy an appliance and I'm trying to find the best price/performance solution.
Your Via C3 Nehemia 1 Ghz miniITX base system from which manufacturer? (Hacom?) Which model? (Lex Neo?)
Any conseil will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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It's a standard via miniitx board with vr nics that I put into a dual travla 1U case (actually 2 boards in the same 1U case). It's build from pieces and was not a full system that I ordered.