Re: [fw-wiz] PIX 535: High CPU, High-Latency



On 10/12/06, Matthew Stansel <matthew.stansel@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Has anyone discovered and a reliable source of information regarding
performance or operational parameters for Cisco PIX firewalls? That is,
acceptable limits for the various resources utilized, CPU, memory,
interface saturation, etc. Specifically, what are the impacts of high
CPU utilization on this platform? What are the implications of CPU
levels exceeding 80-90%.


Should be the same conditions of what you are going to have on a x86
class machine(535 is a PIII 1Ghz?). And the load is mostly interrupt
induced. If i'm not mistaken it will block all incoming connections when
it is fully loaded.

- ed
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