Hi Vxlan tunnel based on udp, (TSO support offloads for tcp, NIC support in default). in the case of case2 , this is entirely normal performance for standard ovs2.1.2 Only if you can make essential performance optimization.
________________________________ zhangguanghui 10102 From: discuss<mailto:discuss-boun...@openvswitch.org> Date: 2014-11-06 00:08 To: FengYu LeiDian<mailto:fengyuleidian0...@gmail.com> CC: discuss@openvswitch.org<mailto:discuss@openvswitch.org> Subject: Re: [ovs-discuss] performance drop 60% when using vxlan tunnel On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 11:03 PM, FengYu LeiDian <fengyuleidian0...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > Env: redhat 6.4, OpenvSwitch-2.1.2, using native > datapath/linux/openvswitch.ko module > > VM1 on host1, VM2 on host2, host1 and host2 are connected by a switch. > both VM enable virtio/vhost when launching VM > > case1: > VM -> tap -> ovs-bridge -> eth1 > > case2: > VM -> tap -> ovs-bridge -> vxlan -> eth1 > > When using vxlan in case2, iperf performance drop 60%, Your NIC probably doesn't support offloads (checksum, TSO, etc.) in the presence of VXLAN. _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 本邮件及其附件含有杭州华三通信技术有限公司的保密信息,仅限于发送给上面地址中列出 的个人或群组。禁止任何其他人以任何形式使用(包括但不限于全部或部分地泄露、复制、 或散发)本邮件中的信息。如果您错收了本邮件,请您立即电话或邮件通知发件人并删除本 邮件! This e-mail and its attachments contain confidential information from H3C, which is intended only for the person or entity whose address is listed above. Any use of the information contained herein in any way (including, but not limited to, total or partial disclosure, reproduction, or dissemination) by persons other than the intended recipient(s) is prohibited. If you receive this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by phone or email immediately and delete it!
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