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Re: [Xen-users] poor performance between two dom-u's on a single dom-0

To: LoD MoD <lodmod.dod@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] poor performance between two dom-u's on a single dom-0
From: "Fajar A. Nugraha" <fajar@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:19:36 +0700
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On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 8:29 AM, LoD MoD <lodmod.dod@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> We are running bandwidth tests between two dom-u's on a single dom-0
> using iperf and getting poor performance.
> This is using teh xen paravirtualized driver.

PV guest or HVM guest with PV drivers? What OS/distro on dom0 and
domU? Which xen and kernel version?

> Performance is around 10-100Mbps.
> Any suggestions as to why the performance may be so bad or
> recommendations of what to check?

Short answer: assuming you use newer pv_ops kernel, then its a known
issue. If you don't use pv_ops kernel, then you need to provide more
details about your setup.

-- 
Fajar

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