Re: [Xen-users] Networking with xen

To:	"Quezada, Pedro" <PedroQ@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [Xen-users] Networking with xen
From:	"Grant McWilliams" <grantmasterflash@xxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:21:31 -0700
Cc:	Luke S Crawford <lsc@xxxxxxxxx>, xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Quezada, Pedro <PedroQ@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I doubt that performance will improve ..until there is a NIC specifically made for virtual switches..

or a sub network piece of equipment that networking part handled in hardware

everything is handled in software in these instances ...higher throughput will tax the server...

I don't really accept this. ESX tramples Xen on network performance. That tells me that we can do something now. People on the KVM list are reporting 600-900Mbs numbers.

Grant McWilliams

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