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IPS benchmarking / performance testing discussion

BarryG
Hi,

I've created a new 'sticky' thread for IPS performance benchmarks:
https://community.sophos.com/products/unified-threat-management/astaroorg/f/52/t/29110

Please comment or ask questions HERE.

Thanks,
Barry


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    It's extremely ironic that this was posted as I've been testing and perusing for an answer during the past hour. I recently discovered that although my trusty D525 Atom Box can achieve speeds of 111-120 Megabit down via BitTorrent, when I attempt to perform a Speedtest @ Speedtest.net, I can barely achieve 20-25 Megabit. Upload in both cases is rock solid between 33-38 Megabit. It's a 2 Processor w/ HT, and when cc set ips num_instances 0 is issued (default), it will spawn 3 Snort Processes. I've also tested it at 2 and 4, and I didn't see a difference with Speedtest.net.

    Is the reason that I can achieve high speeds with BitTorrent due to "Multiple Small Streams" whereas Speedtest is "One Large Stream"?
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    It's extremely ironic that this was posted as I've been testing and perusing for an answer during the past hour. I recently discovered that although my trusty D525 Atom Box can achieve speeds of 111-120 Megabit down via BitTorrent, when I attempt to perform a Speedtest @ Speedtest.net, I can barely achieve 20-25 Megabit. Upload in both cases is rock solid between 33-38 Megabit. It's a 2 Processor w/ HT, and when cc set ips num_instances 0 is issued (default), it will spawn 3 Snort Processes. I've also tested it at 2 and 4, and I didn't see a difference with Speedtest.net.

    Is the reason that I can achieve high speeds with BitTorrent due to "Multiple Small Streams" whereas Speedtest is "One Large Stream"?
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