<html><head></head><body><div>That would work if we were using a tower or a 2U appliance but the purpose built network appliances we purchase are 1U and the manufacturer does not make a duel socket appliance as far as I know. I will ask them if they have a 2U appliance or if they have a model with dual Xeon processors.</div><div><br></div><div>Their 10G network modules either have Intel 82599EB or Intel XL710 chips.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks.<br></div><br><font size="4" face="Arial">Leonard Jacobs</font><br><br><br><div><strong>
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Re: [Oisf-users] Suricata question on what processor is best
<br><br><blockquote class="mori" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px solid #CCC;padding-left:1ex;">On 06/04/19 at 15:57, Leonard Jacobs wrote:<br>> <br>> We have been running Intel i7 processors for a long time with Suricata. Everything seems to run ok.<br>> <br>> <br>> We are wondering if Suricata would run better, meaning lower latency and higher throughput, on an Intel Xeon processor. Either a processor that has 4 cores/4 threads or 4 cores/8 threads. And maybe what clock speeds are best.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> We are looking at possibly using 10G bandwidth.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> What processor do you think would be best?<br><br>It's hard to tell but with 10G you might start to look into a dual<br>socket system with Intel Xeon Silver 4114, 10x 2.20GHz for example.<br><br>> <br>> <br>> Thanks.<br>> <br>> Leonard Jacobs<br>> <br>> This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify Netsecuris management at mgmt@netsecuris.com. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Netsecuris Inc. The integrity and security of this message cannot be guaranteed on the Internet <br><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Suricata IDS Users mailing list: oisf-users@openinfosecfoundation.org<br>> Site: http://suricata-ids.org | Support: http://suricata-ids.org/support/<br>> List: https://lists.openinfosecfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/oisf-users<br>> <br>> Conference: https://suricon.net<br>> Trainings: https://suricata-ids.org/training/<br><br><br>-- <br>Andreas Herz<br>_______________________________________________<br>Suricata IDS Users mailing list: oisf-users@openinfosecfoundation.org<br>Site: http://suricata-ids.org | Support: http://suricata-ids.org/support/<br>List: https://lists.openinfosecfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/oisf-users<br><br>Conference: https://suricon.net<br>Trainings: https://suricata-ids.org/training/</blockquote></div><BR />
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