- Bluecobra
- Sep 11, 2001
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The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades
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500kpps at 64 bytes would probably explode an ASA, based on what I'm seeing.
So here's some fun stuff:
I spun up a Palo Alto configuration on a PA500 we had lying around, and while it also suffered interface overruns, it was better! 50-60% overruns turned into ~15%. I don't know how the platforms are architecturally different at that level, and I have no knowledge of PA rx buffer design, but it's an interesting thing to notice.
Bear in mind, this is a PA500 (spec sheet 7,500 new conn/sec, 64k max sessions) versus a ASA5515X, which is rated significantly higher.
Also, sold my Cisco stock today. Got in at $17, got out at $23.83. I will use my proceeds to buy a '64 Fender Jazzmaster!
I'm almost tempted to setup a FreeBSD server with top shelf Xeons and a high-performance 10GbE NIC like a Solarflare 6122 to see what performance I can get from pf.
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May 21, 2013 17:07
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- SamDabbers
- May 26, 2003
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No.
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I'm almost tempted to setup a FreeBSD server with top shelf Xeons and a high-performance 10GbE NIC like a Solarflare 6122 to see what performance I can get from pf.
IIRC, pf is still single-threaded, though there's someone working on a patch to make it multithreaded. That's not to say it performs poorly, but I'd go for more GHz over more cores when choosing a CPU.
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May 21, 2013 17:42
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- Ninja Rope
- Oct 22, 2005
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Wee.
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Also I hear the Chelsio cards have the best BSD support.
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May 22, 2013 20:13
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- Tasty Wheat
- Jul 18, 2012
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Ah, the security-through-obscurity bullshit. "If someone breaks into your network, they won't know where they are!" The same could be said for your replacement when you're hit by a bus and your dumb rear end didn't do your due diligence with Visio.
On the other hand, that would be a great weed-out interview question for an enterprise architect. "Describe to me your ideal device naming convention." At first mention of The Simpsons, LoTR, Star Trek, or Dr. Who, it's probably time to look elsewhere.
One time I was told that I can't break up the subnets and implement layer 3 switching due to "the next guy might now know how to work on it".
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May 23, 2013 02:07
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- ToG
- Feb 16, 2007
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Rory Gallagher Wannabe
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Also, this is the sole reason you should buy Arista:
code:
switch#show donkeys
Farm utilization for five seconds: 0%/0%; one minute: 0%; five minutes: 0%
DID S Ty DC Runtime(ms) Rides Poops Hay DKY Donkeyname
1 M sp 602F3AF0 0 1627 0 2600/3000 0 Eeyore
2 F we 60C5BE00 4 136 29 5572/6000 0 Tingaleo
3 F st 602D90F8 1676 837 2002 5740/6000 0 Daisy
4 M we 602D08F8 0 1 0 5568/6000 0 Wonky Don
5 F we 602DF0E8 0 1 0 5592/6000 0 Dakota
6 M st 60251E38 0 2 0 5560/6000 0 Superdonkey
7 M we 600D4940 0 2 0 5568/6000 0 Cookie Dough
8 F we 6034B718 0 1 0 2584/3000 0 Sandy
9 F we 603FA3C8 0 1 0 5612/6000 0 Kekie
10 M we 603FA1A0 0 8124 0 5488/6000 0 Shrek
11 M we 603FA220 0 9 0 4884/6000 0 Billy Joe-Bob
12 U we 60406818 124 2003 61 5300/6000 0 Smokey
13 M we 60581638 0 1 0 5760/6000 0 Snickers
14 M we 605E3D00 0 2 0 5564/6000 0 D.K.
15 M we 605FC6B8 0 2 011568/12000 0 Hee-Haw
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Can you explain this to me like I'm five? What's arista?
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May 24, 2013 12:41
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- SamDabbers
- May 26, 2003
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Can you explain this to me like I'm five? What's arista?
Arista makes some really killer switches. The 'show donkeys' command appears to be an easter egg.
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