Hi Melanie, I would without a doubt choose Linux bridge unless you want to use some very special things that OVS provides - but assuming you'll be using VLANs (or VXLANs) and considering the simplicity, stability, performance - I would go with that. Since XenServer is using it as the default, it has to be wrong! (again me, joking a bit).
But seriously, if you name one benefit of OVS that Linux bridge doesn't provide - then it makes sense (i.e. in CloudStack, if you are running some high-performance network appliances - that kind of business, you might want to use DPDK which is atm supported only by OpenVSwitch) Cheers On Thu, 15 Aug 2019 at 13:27, Melanie Desaive <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Andrija, > > Am Donnerstag, den 15.08.2019, 12:54 +0200 schrieb Andrija Panic: > > > One question though, why are you aiming to use OVS for KVM? i.e. why not > regular/default Linux bridge? > > > I am more familiar with OpenVSwitch and I did have the impression that is > gives more configuration options for VLANs. Would you prefer Linux bridges? > > Cheers, > > Melanie > > -- > > -- > Heinlein Support GmbH > Schwedter Str. 8/9b, 10119 Berlin > > https://www.heinlein-support.de > > Tel: 030 / 40 50 51 - 62 > Fax: 030 / 40 50 51 - 19 > > Amtsgericht Berlin-Charlottenburg - HRB 93818 B > Geschäftsführer: Peer Heinlein - Sitz: Berlin > -- Andrija Panić
