On 23/02/06, Chris Fanning <christopher.fanning@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I was trying to set up home accounts on a domU.
I've tested what you said about homes on domU and guess what, you're right :)
I'm going to set them up on dom0 (or somewhere else).
I've got two machines in a colo now with Xen. Now I've sort out my bridging problem I can do a bit of simple testing. Its a reasonable difference.
From x335 domU (running 2.0) to v20z (running 3.0):
[nic@shell:~] scp Atiz_1606_CNNH.mpg wuwei: # host0 on v20z
Atiz_1606_CNNH.mpg
100% 42MB 10.5MB/s 00:04
[nic@shell:~] scp Atiz_1606_CNNH.mpg svn: #domU on v20z
Atiz_1606_CNNH.mpg 100% 42MB 4.7MB/s 00:09
[nic@shell:~] scp Atiz_1606_CNNH.mpg stateless: # host0 on x335
Atiz_1606_CNNH.mpg 100% 42MB 14.0MB/s 00:03
[nic@shell:~] scp Atiz_1606_CNNH.mpg flavour: # domU on x335
Atiz_1606_CNNH.mpg 100% 42MB
1.5MB/s 00:28
However, looks like 3.0 to 3.0 is much better.
nic@svn:~$ scp Atiz_1606_CNNH.mpg wuwei: # host0 from domU on v20z
Atiz_1606_CNNH.mpg 100% 42MB
42.0MB/s 00:01
nic@svn:~$ scp Atiz_1606_CNNH.mpg rails: # domU from domU on v20z
Atiz_1606_CNNH.mpg 100% 42MB 14.0MB/s 00:03