Hey, You have to reserve resources for the VM. FYI, At exceliance, we were able to go up to 55K rps in a VM on a core i7.
You'll need to tune your sysctl as well. cheers On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 6:30 PM, Willy Tarreau <w...@1wt.eu> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 05:35:59PM +0200, Lukas Tribus wrote: >> >> Does that mean Sandy/Ivy Bridge based Intel Platforms can't be undoubtedly >> recommended for high performance usage with haproxy or is there a workaround? > > It's never all white or black. It also depends on the L3 cache latency. My > experience with first gen i5 CPUs is quite good and much better than with > the 12-core AMD 6172. > >> What platform would you recommend for a new setup? > > i3/i5 are really good performers. Pick one with a high frequency and you > should be fine. > > Regards, > Willy > >