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Re: [Xen-users] bandwidth limiting - vif "rate" option

To: Stefan de Konink <skinkie@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] bandwidth limiting - vif "rate" option
From: Itamar - IspBrasil <itamar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:58:21 -0300
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please say this to xen/linux hackers

will be good to have rate in and rate out limiting in xen.

but the people will replay to use tc/iptables to do this




Stefan de Konink wrote:
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008, Itamar - IspBrasil wrote:

the linux limit only outgoing traffic

since the networks packets alrealy arrived in the network card, why
limit it ?

Because queues were invented for this :)


Stefan






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