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Re: [Xen-users] GPLPV network performance

Hi James,

Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:
> James Harper wrote:
>   
>>> Is it safe to assume that, for now, Standard PC HAL will
>>> give better network performance compared to ACPI HAL when used with
>>> GPLPV? 
>>>
>>>     
>>>       
>> That is a good question, but I don't know the answer. I get great
>> performance (>2Gbits/second) on my system without much effort at all,
>>     

By "without much effort" you mean not having to change any network
offload settings, right?

>> even with SMP. My system is AMD though... maybe there is some difference
>> there?
>>
>>   
>>     
>
> I'm using Intel on RHEL 5.2, bundled Xen. Maybe that's what causing it.
>
>   

>> With 1 cpu and ACPI, what was your performance like? (eg was it SMP
>> slowing you down or ACPI?)
>>
>>     

I tested again using:
- Xeon X5450 @3GHz (same machine as earlier test), W2k3, single CPU,
ACPI -> iperf = 1.4 Gbps
- Opteron 2220 SE @2.8 GHz, W2k3, single CPU, ACPI -> iperf = 1 Gbps

So it seems that AMD or Intel doesn't matter much, and neither does ACPI
vs standard PC. The only thing that makes HUGE difference is SMP. Is
this a known issue?

Regards,

Fajar

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