# Re: Better approach for FEC

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-better-approach-for-fec/243212>\
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**Created:** [September 1, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-better-approach-for-fec/243212 "2015-09-01T19:30:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rafa\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/958977/32.png) [@Rafa\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rafa_F)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-better-approach-for-fec/243212/1 "2015-09-01T19:30:28Z")

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> system.
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> > > want to insert FEC in tx and rx.  
> > > Bob  
> > > though, so when you move from a stream into a PDU-based system, you’ll want  
> > > to stay there.
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> Performance is going to be dependent on the rest of your system as well. We  
> can’t tell you one is better than the other, but we’ve put in a lot of  
> hooks into the system to help you understand those issues for yourself,  
> like using the performance counters and naming each thread with the block  
> name so top/htop can help.
> 
> Tom

Hi Tom,

Thanks for your detailed comment. You are always helpful. I’ll learn  
about  
performance counters and will try to use them in the flowgrpahs.