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Brano
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USG200 speed tests #2

With the release of 2.12 firmware and as follow-up to »USG200 speed tests I've done some additional tests.


USG 200 2.12 netperf tests


Testing environment:
Server on LAN: openSUSE 11.1, gigabit NIC
Client on WAN2: openSUSE 11.1, gigabit NIC

All tests are done netperf TCP_STREAM as per below (default test):

Setup notes:
- BWM and CF was always Off
- There were some other firewall rules on the USG defined and active, but the Internet WAN link was Off
- AppPatrol all default, forward
- AV ZyXel engine, all protocols on
- IDP default, WAN to any
- ADP default, WAN to any
- AS default, WAN to any

Performed tests:
First I've done 3 subsequent 10 seconds tests. Then I've started over and done one 30 seconds test.

Notes on results:
Services such as AV, AS are supposed to be scanning only specific protocols i.e. HTTP FTP SMTP POP3 IMAP4 thus not sure how good are these tests since I was using netperf on some random port non-specific protocol. Interestingly AV was slowing down significantly!

AppPatrol speed is significantly improved from 2.11 firmware. Actually the results seem too high, I'm not sue if the packet inspection engine was kicking in since I was not using any specific messenger or other monitored app for testing.

IDP however seems to be corrupted in this version, speeds were constantly below the advertised! Additionally IDP speeds were significantly jumping up and down from test to test.

Firewall throughput is also below advertised.

Advertised speeds:
Firewall Throughput: 150 Mbps
UTM Throughput (AV+IDP+Firewall): 40 Mbps

Final thought
I'm quite confused about these results. Maybe every specific engine needs to be tested with specific protocol. Also the fact that AV/IDP results were up/down from test to test makes me feel uneasy about scanning engine(s) implementation.
I would definitely not make any decisions and/or conclusions based on these tests. Just FYI for those who are interested ;)

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ba142

join:2007-06-10
Well done.

Would you please test the BMW Throughput under AppPatrol?


bbarrera
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said by ba142 See Profile :

BMW Throughput
on the autobahn?


Brano
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I couldn't digest the results so I ran another test this time using ftp protocol. I was downloading exactly the same 330MB zipped iso as in my first 2.11 set of tests »USG200 speed tests

FTP server was vsftpd and I was downloading with wget redirecting output to /dev/null to get rid of possible disk write delays.

Here is an example from just the firewall test

with following results


USG200 2.12 ftp test


Comments on results:
Tests on AppPatrol, AV, IDP, ADP should be valid as all these are scanning FTP protocol.
The AS test is invalid since AS looks at SMTP and POP3 only.

Interestingly the AV and IDP tests speeds were varying from 35KB/s to 8MB/s during the one file download. Now I'm convinced that AV and IDP have serious issues!
Overall the device seems to be not delivering to advertised specs with firmware 2.12(AQU.0) :(

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style4me32

@com.tw
For IDP/AV performance, you can try to test it with multiple connections. The aggregate multiple session performance will be much better than single session performance.

BR,

style4me32


Brano
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It probably would, but that's not the point of my test.
DUT should perform to advertised specs for single session.
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dslpartner

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said by Brano See Profile :

It probably would, but that's not the point of my test.
DUT should perform to advertised specs for single session.
Grey area
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Brano
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See my #1 speed test with 2.11 firmware »USG200 speed tests
The performance then was mostly up to specs (excluding AppPatrol).
Something seems to be wrong in 2.12.
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ba142

join:2007-06-10
reply to Brano
Under the ftp test, does the USG200 has high CPU usage issue? What is the USG200 CPU usage when download the 330MB iso file?

Wintel

join:2009-02-19

I have a 30Mbps Internet connection (PPPoE) and using the ZyWALL USG200, when downloading using FTP the USG200 CPU usage is quite high 60%~80%.

When downloading a 1300MB ISO file using FlashGet and set to 8 simultaneous connections in microsoft.com, the USG200 CPU usage is >85%, does the USG200 has a PPPoE or CPU usage high issue?

Testing ISO File:
»www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta···3d06d6cb


Brano
I hate Vogons
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Burlington, ON
·TekSavvy Solutions..

reply to Brano
I've re-done the tests with the 2.12(AQU.1) firmware release.
...the results are not a bit better





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