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We did some experiment trying to measure network performance overhead in virtualization environment, comparing between VFIO passthrough and virtio approaches. | We did some experiment trying to measure network performance overhead in virtualization environment, comparing between VFIO passthrough and virtio approaches. | ||
== Test Topology == | |||
2 Intel Grantley-EP platforms (Xeon E5-2697 v3) connected by 10G link; memory 96 G. | |||
NIC: Intel 82599ES | |||
Test Tool: iperf | |||
OS: RHEL 7.1 | |||
Revision as of 04:40, 11 May 2015
We did some experiment trying to measure network performance overhead in virtualization environment, comparing between VFIO passthrough and virtio approaches.
Test Topology
2 Intel Grantley-EP platforms (Xeon E5-2697 v3) connected by 10G link; memory 96 G.
NIC: Intel 82599ES
Test Tool: iperf
OS: RHEL 7.1