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BalanceNG Benchmark Results
This is our collection of BalanceNG Benchmark results using the default
benchmark parameters (a packetsize of 1514, a window size of 16 and a duration of
300 seconds).
The BalanceNG benchmark is intended to measure the maximum performance
which a platform is able to deliver (with all it's components: Operating system,
interfaces and switches). Actually, load balancing itself is not measured by this and
happens on top of the basic "switching engine" of BalanceNG.
For more information see the benchmark command in the
BalanceNG manual.
Gigabit Networking Benchmark Results
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BalanceNG Hardware and OS Platform
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Packets/Second
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Bytes/Second
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Thomas-Krenn LoadBalancer,
SMC GBit-Switch,
bond0 and bond1 bonding interfaces
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81177
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122902442
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Sun X2100, single core AMD, Solaris 10, bge0 nge0 Gigabit Interfaces,
Netgear Gigabit Ethernet Switch
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69130
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104664314
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Thomas-Krenn LoadBalancer,
CAT6 cross cable between eth2 and eth3
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64020
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96926290
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Sun Blade X6250, Red-Hat AS4, eth0-eth1, Cisco 3560G Switch (VLAN)
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64000
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96896918
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Sun-Fire V240, Solaris 10 6/06, bge3 bge1 Gigabit Interfaces,
cross cable
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37400
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56623772
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Pentium 4 2GHz, Linux 2.6 Kernel, 2 Intel Pro/1000 on same PCI Bus,
Netgear Gigabit Ethernet Switch
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35251
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53370993
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Sun-Fire V240, Solaris 10 6/06, bge3 bge2 Gigabit Interfaces,
cross cable
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28476
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43113350
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Sun Blade X6250, Solaris 10, cross cable e1000g1-nxge0
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18324
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27743132
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Sun-Fire T2000, Solaris 10 6/06, ipge1 ipge2 Gigabit Interfaces,
cross cable
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18156
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27488356
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Fujitsu/Siemens PrimePower 250, Solaris 10 (SPARC), fjgi1/2 Interfaces, cross cable
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16340
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24739714
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100MBit Networking Benchmark Results
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BalanceNG Hardware and OS Platform
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Packets/Second
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Bytes/Second
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Sun Blade X6250, Solaris 10, e1000g0 e1000g1, 100MBit-Interface on Cisco 3560g/3560 VLAN
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8047
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12184213
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Fujitsu/Siemens PrimePower 250, Solaris 10 (SPARC), fjqe0/1 Interfaces, cross cable
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7851
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11887166
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VIA Esther processor 1500MHz with 1Gig ram
3002.91 bogomips on a linux 2.6.17-2-686 (debian) kernel.
eth0 (VIA Rhine II) & eth6 (RealTek RTL8139).
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7540
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11416817
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VIA EK10000 1GHz, Linux 2.4 Kernel (Devil-Linux), 2 on-board 100MBit,
Netgear Ethernet Switch
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7217
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10927875
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VIA PD10000 1GHz, Linux 2.4 Kernel (Devil-Linux), 2 on-board 100MBit,
Netgear Ethernet Switch
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7046
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10668179
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Sun Netra T1, Solaris 9, hme0 and hme1 interfaces, Linksys switches
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6103
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9240331
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SUN X1, 550MHz, Solaris 10 3/05, dfme1 / dfme0 interfaces,
Two Cisco Fast Ethernet Switches (connected with Gigabit).
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6025
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9122592
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Soekris net4801, 266 Mhz SC1100 processor, 128M ram, National
Semiconductor 100M eth1/2, Netgear 8 port 100M switch
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2406
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3643451
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How to obtain BalanceNG platform benchmark results
Step 1: Network and interfaces connection setup
Connect two physical interfaces of the machine to the same switch. Two separate interfaces
are required for the BalanceNG "benchmark" command.
Step 2: Download and install BalanceNG
Download BalanceNG from the BalanceNG download URL.
The "bng" executable may be directly executed from the directory created by extracting the compressed distribution archive. On Solaris systems the "bngfilt" STREAMS module needs to be installed, take a look at
the README file in the bngfilt-binaries directory of the distribution. Note: A reboot of the operating system is not necessary.
Step 3: Attaching the interfaces and starting the benchmark
Attach the interfaces and start the benchmark like this (Licensing not required, replace "eth0" and "eth1"
by your interface names):
# ./bng start
BalanceNG: starting up ...
# ./bng control
BalanceNG: connected to PID 7895
bng# interface eth0
interface eth0 successfully attached
bng# interface eth1
interface eth1 successfully attached
bng# benchmark eth0 eth1
bng# show benchmark
benchmark active and running:
duration (seconds) : 300
packetsize : 1514
window size : 16
packets sent : 397266
packets received : 397250
seconds remaining : 289
bng#
Step 4: Display the benchmark results after 5 minutes execution time
bng# show benchmark
benchmark finished with the following results:
duration (seconds) : 300
packetsize : 1514
window size : 16
packets sent : 10463134
packets received : 10463118
lost packets : 0
packets per second : 34877
bytes per second : 52803869
bng#
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