* Joe Warren-Meeks <joe@hole-in-the.net> [2008-04-14 17:53]:
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> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 05:38:21PM +0200, Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote:
> 
> Hey there,
>  
> > According several messages I've read from Henning or Daniel in present 
> > and @pf list, there are not any benefits in run PF with MP kernels (and 
> > multi-processor boxes, of course). Even you can get a poor performance 
> > that uni-processor kernel/box.
> 
> If the box was only doing pf stuff, then that would be correct. If you
> were to put a bunch of ftp-proxys on there too, then MP would help, no?

ftp-proxies, not really.

bloated proxies like squid, maybe pretending to try to save windows/macos 
boxes from the inevitable using some form of content scanning - yes, MP 
can be useful.

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