[RFC] Performance improvements

[Swen Schillig]

Hi Martin
On Sat, 2018-06-16 at 12:14 +1000, Martin Schwenke wrote:
> Hi Swen,
> ...
> Do you have the numerical data handy?
> 

Sure, I will try and get them for you.
This might be difficult for the throughput tests because I ran those
about 6 weeks ago and I'm not sure for how long they'll be kept on the
appliance ... but I sure can re-run those tests for you if you want.

The other numbers I will get from Ingo (who ran those tests) tomorrow.

Cheers Swen