pfSense

Todo #7507

Updated by Jim Pingle over 7 years ago

Feedback from users suggests there is a great speed improvement to be had by using the following settings on certain platforms: 

 <pre> 
 fast-io 
 sndbuf 524288 
 rcvbuf 524288 
 </pre> 

 fast-io is OK to use on FreeBSD, but is UDP-only so it would need to only be added then, and have the option hidden when using TCP modes. 
 <pre> 
        --fast-io 
               (Experimental) Optimize TUN/TAP/UDP I/O writes by avoiding a 
               call to poll/epoll/select prior to the write operation.    The 
               purpose of such a call would normally be to block until the 
               device or socket is ready to accept the write.    Such blocking is 
               unnecessary on some platforms which don't support write blocking 
               on UDP sockets or TUN/TAP devices.    In such cases, one can 
               optimize the event loop by avoiding the poll/epoll/select call, 
               improving CPU efficiency by 5% to 10%. 

               This option can only be used on non-Windows systems, when 
               --proto udp is specified, and when --shaper is NOT specified. 
 </pre> 

 The buffer size above, 524288, appears to have been chosen either arbitrarily or based on settings found elsewhere. We could offer a drop-down based on the value of net.inet.tcp.sendbuf_max & net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_max or a free-form field with suggestions. 

 <pre> 
        --sndbuf size 
               Set the TCP/UDP socket send buffer size.    Defaults to operation 
               system default. 

        --rcvbuf size 
               Set the TCP/UDP socket receive buffer size.    Defaults to 
               operation system default. 
 </pre> 

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