On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 09:23:40AM -0700, Sashi Kant wrote: > Hello Siim, > > We had similar packet/second rate in our environment and had issues of > dropped packets during floods of requests coming. We also have very > similar traffic pattern (small packets and lots of them). Our client > connections are not long running. > > We start seeing issues with broadcom cards ~ 40 k PPS > swapping them with intel helped us reach ~ 80 k PPS > > Ultimately we had to replace intel (e1000) type card with newer intel > cards with MSI-X capabilities, this card uses igb driver which needed > to be compiled for debian etch and lenny systems. > > During our test we could reach upto 600 K PPS using these cards > without hogging the interrupts.
Out of curiosity, are you using the Intel 82576 or the 82575? _______________________________________________ Please read the documentation before posting - it's available at: http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/ LinuxVirtualServer.org mailing list - [email protected] Send requests to [email protected] or go to http://lists.graemef.net/mailman/listinfo/lvs-users
