[ovs-discuss] Typical dp flow table size in data center

2024-03-14 Thread Jay Ding via discuss
Hi all, I am trying to test the limit of number of flows in dp. By increasing the other_config:flow_limit, I can reach 400k and occasionally 500k. I know there is no hard limit for that. I am just wondering what is the typical number of dp flows that is used in data center industry? By the wa

Re: [ovs-discuss] Typical dp flow table size in data center

2024-03-14 Thread Eelco Chaudron via discuss
Hi Jay, This limit also depends on how long the kernel needs to revalidate your flows. For more details take a look at the following blog post: https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2022/10/19/open-vswitch-revalidator-process-explained For testing you can use the “ovs-appctl upcall/set-flow-li