[zones-discuss] traffic/data between zones

2006-07-26 Thread Brian Kolaci
IHAC that needs proof that traffic between local zones on the same system will not in fact hit the NIC card. There's two scenarios. First, if one does FTP or scp to transfer files between the zones, how can I prove it doesn't hit the NIC or wire? What function in the IP driver would I look for

Re: [zones-discuss] traffic/data between zones

2006-07-26 Thread Jeff Victor
Brian Kolaci wrote: IHAC that needs proof that traffic between local zones on the same system will not in fact hit the NIC card. There's two scenarios. An interesting demand. I wonder if this person has ever asked for proof of other proper computer operation. Do they demand that (pick your

Re: [zones-discuss] traffic/data between zones

2006-07-26 Thread Brian Kolaci
Jeff Victor wrote: Brian Kolaci wrote: IHAC that needs proof that traffic between local zones on the same system will not in fact hit the NIC card. There's two scenarios. An interesting demand. I wonder if this person has ever asked for proof of other proper computer operation. Do th

Re: [zones-discuss] traffic/data between zones

2006-07-26 Thread James Carlson
Brian Kolaci writes: > IHAC that needs proof that traffic between local zones on the same system > will not in fact hit the NIC card. There's two scenarios. I guess the first question is what sort of proof would be satisfactory. If we can cite parts of the code, would that help? Or does this pe

Re: [zones-discuss] traffic/data between zones

2006-07-26 Thread James Carlson
Brian Kolaci writes: > > How is 'snoop' insufficient? > > > The question came up as to whether snoop sees all NIC traffic or just > wire traffic. > He noted that some NIC's still process the packet but just pass it back > to the > driver rather than the wire... He wants to prove that it doesn't

Re: [zones-discuss] traffic/data between zones

2006-07-26 Thread Lei Liu
Hi: DTrace is the tool instrumenting the request. Thanks Lei - Original Message - From: James Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 9:36 am Subject: Re: [zones-discuss] traffic/data between zones To: Brian Kolaci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: zones-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [zones-discuss] traffic/data between zones

2006-07-26 Thread James Carlson
Lei Liu writes: > DTrace is the tool instrumenting the request. [...] > > I would check for calls to put(9F) and putnext(9F) from within the IP > > module (which includes TCP). ... then those are the calls you want. -- James Carlson, KISS Network<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Micros

Re: [zones-discuss] traffic/data between zones

2006-07-26 Thread Brian Kolaci
James Carlson wrote: Brian Kolaci writes: How is 'snoop' insufficient? The question came up as to whether snoop sees all NIC traffic or just wire traffic. He noted that some NIC's still process the packet but just pass it back to the driver rather than the

Re: [zones-discuss] traffic/data between zones

2006-07-26 Thread Jeff Victor
Brian Kolaci wrote: Essentially he wants to be able to assure his users that the transfers will be fast and not affect the network users. If they complain that during these operations are slow, then he wanted to recommend sharing a lofs mount and share the data that way (and also be assured tha

[zones-discuss] zones & databases

2006-07-26 Thread Brian Kolaci
With the performance boosts included in recent solaris versions I'm told that there's not much of a difference between handing the database raw devices vs. using a filesystem anymore. To test this out, my customer would like to try both ufs and vxfs filesystems in the global zone and lofs mount

Re: [zones-discuss] zones & databases

2006-07-26 Thread Rich Teer
On Wed, 26 Jul 2006, Brian Kolaci wrote: > To test this out, my customer would like to try both ufs and vxfs > filesystems in the global zone and lofs mount them to a local zone > and test the database on that lofs mount. I'd also recommend that your customer tries the tests on ZFS too. -- Rich

Re: [zones-discuss] traffic/data between zones

2006-07-26 Thread Casper . Dik
>The question came up as to whether snoop sees all NIC traffic or just >wire traffic. >He noted that some NIC's still process the packet but just pass it back >to the >driver rather than the wire... He wants to prove that it doesn't even >hit the NIC. >Will snoop detect all traffic to/from the

[zones-discuss] inherit-pkg-dir after zone-install?

2006-07-26 Thread Jeff Victor
Is it possible to add an inherit-pkg-dir to a zone's config after "zoneadm ... install"? I'm confident the answer is 'no' but just had to ask. The man page and docs.sun.com are a little vague on this. They both say "Such resources [those pkgs] are not modifiable or removable once a zone has be

Re: [zones-discuss] inherit-pkg-dir after zone-install?

2006-07-26 Thread Jerry Jelinek
Jeff Victor wrote: Is it possible to add an inherit-pkg-dir to a zone's config after "zoneadm ... install"? I'm confident the answer is 'no' but just had to ask. The man page and docs.sun.com are a little vague on this. They both say "Such resources [those pkgs] are not modifiable or removab