HP-UX IPFilter Performance White Paper

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TCP CRR Transaction Rates
Figure 7 and Table 7 show the number of TCP CRR transactions per second for varying request and
response packet sizes with three IPFilter statuses: no IPFilter installed, IPFilter without rules, and IPFilter
with rules.
Figure 7 TCP CRR Transaction Rates
TCP CRR Transactions Per Second
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
14000
16000
18000
1/1 1460/1460 128/8192 180/350
Request/Reply Packet Sizes
Transactions/Second
No IPFilter
IPFilter without Rules
IPFilter with Rules
Table 7 TCP CRR Transaction Rates
Request/Response
Packet Sizes
(Bytes)
Transactions per
second without
IPFilter
Transactions per second
with IPFilter and No Rules
Transactions per second
with IPFilter Rules
1/1 15885.39 15163.86
(4.54% decrease)
14608.8
(8.04% decrease)
1460/1460 8855.92 8336.61
(5.86% decrease)
8226.9
(7.10% decrease)
128/8192 6537.72 6521.38
(0.25% decrease)
6508.2
(0.45% decrease)
180/350 12824.65 12585.3
(1.87% decrease)
12431.16
(3.07% decrease)