SoftGate Performance
The following tested results are offered to help properly size the hardware needed for a SoftGate with various types of services:
| Routing(mpps) | Routing with unmatched DNAT rules (mpps) | Routing with unmatched DNAT and SNAT rules (mpps) | DNAT | SNAT | DNAT with unmatched SNAT rules | |
| Xeon E5-2660 CPU cores: (6 core for fw) Scheduler 0 Forward 1-7 KNI 8-10 OS 11-15 | ~27mpps | ~17mpps | 7mpps | 9mpps | ~2mpps | |
| Xeon Gold 6130 CPU cores: (6 core for fw) Scheduler 0 Forward 3-13(odd numbers) KNI 15 17 19 | ~31mpps | ~22mpps | ~15mpps | ~11mpps | ~3mpps(3M conntrack count) ~7mpps(20k conntrack count) | ~11mpps | 
| Xeon Gold 6130 CPU cores: (8 core for fw) Scheduler 0 Forward 3-17(odd numbers) KNI 19 21 23 | ~38mpps | ~28mpps | 19mpps | 12mpps | ~12mpps | 
