I have similar results, like yours, using CentOS 5.4 x86_64
I do not think it is possible to gain more than this right now... or
better I wish it could be possible
If you can get better result please let me know
Rick
Benjamin Schweikert wrote:
Hello everybody,
this is my first post on a mailing list, so i hope everything works fine.
My host is a AMD X2 4850e with a 64bit Gentoo (unstable). I have
tested qemu-kvm 0.11, 0.12.x and the git version from the 6. jan.
I created my own bridges, so i dont need the option from libvirt. I
bridged a 1 Gb lan card for my VMs. When I use the virtio net driver,
i get something about 200-300 mbit form my desktop to one if my VMs.
If iI use the e1000 driver instead of the virtio I get about
500 - 600 mbit.
I tested this with the following kernels:
Host: 2.6.31.6, 2.6.32.1, 2.6.32.2
Guests: 2.6.26, 2.6.30, 2.6.32 (debian)
2.6.32 (gentoo)
Here is a default result, virtio vs. e1000:
iperf -c 192.168.0.3 -w 512k -l 512k
------------------------------------------------------------
Client connecting to 192.168.0.3, TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 256 KByte (WARNING: requested 512 KByte)
------------------------------------------------------------
[ 3] local 192.168.0.2 port 52968 connected with 192.168.0.3 port 5001
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 3] 0.0-10.0 sec 438 MBytes 267 Mbits/sec
iperf -c 192.168.0.3 -w 512k -l 512k
------------------------------------------------------------
Client connecting to 192.168.0.3, TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 256 KByte (WARNING: requested 512 KByte)
------------------------------------------------------------
[ 3] local 192.168.0.2 port 52995 connected with 192.168.0.3 port 5001
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 3] 0.0-10.0 sec 602 MBytes 505 Mbits/sec
Any ideas what this could be? I attach a dmesg output of my host.
Thx.
Ben
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