[c-nsp] Pix performance

[Kenny Sallee]

Pix throughput is listed here:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/ps2031/

And here under performance summary at the bottom:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/products_data_sheet09186a0080091b18.html

Marketing numbers of course.  Try AES if you are not
using it -- it will perform a little better.

This link also provides excellent info on packet sizes
and PMTUD issues with tunneling.

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/105/pmtud_ipfrag.html

No specific answers but good reading info
Kenny



--- Dan Shalinsky <dshalinsky at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I believe that ESP adds around 20 bytes to the
> standard TCP header.  That
> being said, it won't significantly affect throughput
> by increasing
> overhead.  The throughput limitation is more due to
> the encryption process
> being CPU intensive.
> 
> I can't find any pps specs on a 501, but I would
> think it should be able to
> push more than 1200pps and 0.5 mbps.  For sure, it's
> not an overhead
> problem.  HTH.
> 
> Regards,
> ~Dan
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