[CALL FOR TESTING] Suricata 4.0.0

[Julien]

Hi Guys,
i am buying a new hardware for tested purposed .
What Kind of NIC are advised for beter performance ?

[phoenix]

What kind of NIC do you have now? A NIC won't necessarily give you better performance but choosing a 'poor' NIC can reduce your throughput or or fail to work. I'd suggest anything Intel (relative recent model) would be fine. You can also check the freeBSD lists/site for compatible hardware. You also haven't mentioned what kind of hardware you currently have. I'd also suggest you search through the forums for some threads/posts on this topic.

[Julien]

What i have right now
Intel i5 3317U
8gb of ra
64 ssd disk ( don't know if 120gb) is need
8 NIC intel 82583 V gigabit

Thank you

[mw01]

Yes, I have conducted bandwidth tests.  I am still limited by ISP provisioning (~90Mbs).  What I have observed is lower cpu utilization with 4.0.0.

[Julien]

Yes, I have conducted bandwidth tests.  I am still limited by ISP provisioning (~90Mbs).  What I have observed is lower cpu utilization with 4.0.0.

what about the speed?
i have ordered my new hardware and still waiting for it hopefully next week will arrive.
what is your currently internet speed? how much is it after you enable Suricata?

[mw01]

~90Mbs, depending on time of day (with the "optimal" server at the other end). 

Suricata is not the limiting factor.  It's the ISP pipe.  I have not performed testing with a Gb WAN connection.  If I extrapolate cpu loading I might see another 30Mbps or so.

Suricata loading is also a function of the rule set.  The more you check the more the loading.

[Julien]

Hi Guys,
I have been using this for over 3 days now,
my speed drop really from 1000Mbps to 90Mbps when the Suricata is on.
Hardware I am using is
CPU Intel® I53317U Dual Core 4 Threads(1.8GHz)
Chipeset Intel® HM65 Express Chipset
Memory 1* SO DDR3,1333MHz, 8 GB
HDD Samsung SSD 950
Ethernet  6*Intel® 82583V Gigabit Ethernet


Thank you