On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 03:53:39AM +0000, Chegu Vinod wrote: > > Hello, > > Perhaps this query was answered in the past. If yes kindly point me to > the same. > > We noticed differences in networking performance (measured via netperf > over a 10G NIC) on an X86_64 server between the following two > configurations : > > 1) Server run as a KVM Host (but with no KVM guests created on it (or) no > extra bridges created other than the default vibr0 bridge) > > vs. > > 2) The same server running the same version of Linux but without any of the > virtualization software installed on it. > > Config #2 performed much better ! > Is this expected ? What are the reasons behind this ? > > Is there any way to gain back the loss in performance on the KVM host > without having to uninstall the virtualization software (i.e. in Config 1). > Can you list exactly what you need to uninstall to get performance back? -- Gleb. -- 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