I agree with Richard. Wireshark does use multiple threads, in particular for file status, but the important bit (UI, decode and analysis) all runs on a single thread.
Best regards...Paul
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From: Wireshark-dev <wireshark-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Richard Sharpe
Sent: 26 July 2018 16:04
To: Developer support list for Wireshark <wireshark-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Wireshark 64bit on multicore CPU's
On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 5:29 AM, <Christian.Calonder@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> we are evaluating a new trace server for analyzing 10GBit/s traffic
> and I would like
>
> to know if Wireshark supports multicore CPU's. If no, we don't need to
> order a
>
> multicore CPU for this server.
While WireShark runs on multi-core CPUs, it does not distribute the important work, AFAIK, among separate cores.
In my experience, the things that improve Wireshark performance are:
1. Memory. 64GB or more.
2. Using SSDs or NVMe.
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Regards,
Richard Sharpe
(何以解憂？唯有杜康。--曹操)(传说杜康是酒的发明者)
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