Re: Very slow scp performance comparing to Linux [dd to /dev/null shows substantial FreeBSD vs. Ubuntu differences for bs=1k (or 1K) and bs=512]

On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 9:56 AM Wei Hu wrote:
> Yes, the network perf gap is not as big as I originally thought. Seems different
> factors contribute to the slowness of scp on FreeBSD. Network stack is only one
> of them.

Note that Netflix uses FreeBSD because of _better_ network performance
over Linux.. also better long term maintenance that comes from better
organization, self-compatibility, and more stable kernel API that does
not change every minor release ;-)

Try the OS on a bare metal hardware, compare the results, use what
fits you best. If the results are similar then find a problem in the
VM hypervisor.

If you think of a long term project and comfortable maintenance use
FreeBSD even if you need to improve the driver it will pay back quite
soon.

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