Hi, How about "kernel bypass" to increase the network performance? In my case, I installed netmap to increase the network performance and I'm not sure if it's work on virtual machine.
CMIIW Best regards, David S. ------------------------------------------------ e. da...@zeromail.us w. pnyet.web.id p. 087881216110 On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 3:48 AM, Lauro, John <jla...@umflint.edu> wrote: > My 2cents, only put something on a small dedicated server that is not > mission critical. > > You can achieve over 10gbps under vmware, and if you need more memory, add > it without rebooting... more cpu, do it live without reboot... faster cpu > becomes available, then move it live without downtime. Need to reboot it > takes seconds instead of minutes, hardware failure, let vmware reboot it on > different hardware automatically (or setup redundant vms on different > hosts). Myths about traffic and packet per second are just FUD. Not > saying you can't get a benchmark to be almost 10% better on the same > hardware for workloads that are not cpu bound (cpu bound not even that much > difference), but you are better off buying a 10% faster machine and take > the advantages of vmware. Not to mention other advantages such as > snapshots, etc... Hardware and licensing might cost more, but not as much > as down time or time saved in productivity. > > How would a small server with dedicated network interface be better? > > > ________________________________________ > From: Bird-users [bird-users-boun...@network.cz] on behalf of David S. [ > da...@zeromail.us] > Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2017 5:31 AM > To: Mike Neo > Cc: bird-users@network.cz > Subject: Re: Bird - hardware, vm. > > Hi, > > Which linux distro do you prefer for stability, security etc.? > I use FreeBSD and CentOS for route servers. You can choose your favorite > linux distro. > > Is it good choice to install Bird as vmware vm? > You can run Bird on small machine but please concern about the traffic and > packet per second. > Small server with dedicated network interface would be better than VM. > > Just my 2cent > > Best regards, > David S. >
