Speed drops noticeably once pfSense is transferred to new equipment
Speed drops noticeably once pfSense is transferred to new equipment
Disabled hyperthreading and changed power settings from 'Balance Power' to 'Performance' fixed the problem. Now achieving around 500Mbps, I'm still testing for higher speeds but that's satisfactory. This also boosted performance on the bridge I referenced—from about 2.7Gbps to roughly 5.8Gbps. It's not close to 10Gbps yet, but it's significantly better. I'll likely wait until I move game servers to a different machine (currently running the 2667v2s) and take over the CPUs.
You can reduce electricity usage by using virtualization. My PFSense setup is virtual with numerous VLANs and subnets. A Quad 1GbE NIC and an SFP+ card are connected to the PFSense device. For maximum power savings, consider removing one CPU from the hardware if you're committed to a bare metal configuration.
I don’t mind much about power stuff. It’s better to have separate machines for important tasks so that when I need to interact with the main VM server it doesn’t crash everything. Regarding taking a CPU out, I think I’ll only bring one of the 2667 v2s once I’m set up to move them there.
That’s reasonable. I used to run pfsense bare metal for this purpose. However, I realized there’s no need to keep two machines running 24/7 when my homelab has ample power to host a pfsense VM. Plus, I have a test bench ready whenever I need to shut down the homelab for maintenance or updates.