On Friday, October 24, 2014 02:37:28 PM Stefan Bauer wrote: > Hi, > > > please CC me - I'm not subscribed to this list. > > > I'm looking forward to bond the 2 Nics from my KVM Host (2 x 1GbE) to > increase throughput for my guest. > > > Currently my guest has a e1000 nic attached. That probably won't cut it. You'll want to go with virtio-net and vhost. > > > Do i have to tune anything else so my kvm guest can operate with 2 x 1gbit > (to different clients) ? Nope. Just use a standard bridge. The reported speed in the guest really has nothing to do with the actual achievable speed. I've seen close to 20gbit/sec guest to host with virtio+vhost. > > > I'm using 802.1d with hash_policy layer3+4 for bonding (this is tested and > working with our switches). Most network setups I've seen required pretty specific traffic patterns to actually get >1gbit speed. i.e. you're unlikely to get >1gbit between 2 hosts. You're going to need multiple hosts in the mix to get it to work. > > > Kind Regards. > > > Stefan > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
