On Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 12:23:38PM -0400, Chuck wrote: > On Friday 21 October 2005 12:12 pm, Herbert Poetzl wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 06:58:38AM -0400, Chuck wrote: > > > i forget.. was it ngnet that would support a few hundred ip addys in a > > > guest? > > > > > > i have a few big machines i cant move over until it can > > > efficiently support several hundred ip addys (minimum a /24) ... > > > if ngnet is the answer im gonna try to raise some funding from my > > > boss .. no promises as he does not let go easily.. :D > > > > hehe, well, ngnet will provide that indeed, > > but for a quick and dirty hack you can raise > > the limit from the current 16 to something > > higher, but you should be aware that the > > current implementation will slow down with > > every ip address you add ... > > hehe dont think that would work as its a quite heavily used email > server :) if i can get the software people to agree, i could just make > 12 email guests.. separating the domains and accounts would be a bit > of a problem but thats one way to do it.. problem is the licensing. > its commercial software licensed for one machine. i know the ceo > fairly well from dealing with him directly with bug fixes and feature > implementations so maybe i can convince him im not trying to stiff > him and get a multiple machine license for this if i explain the 16 > ip limitation. the other problem ill run into is there will be 12x > the resource usage of just one.. not good.. maybe ill leave it as a > separate machine for now. > > so then just for clarity, using the current vserver software > (2.1.0-r4) with up to 16 ip addys does not give any performance hits > at all compared to 1 but beyond that is when it gets nasty.
no, that is a linear search, so every new ip address will actually add overhead on every socket bind and/or ip related operation inside the guest ... HTH, Herbert > > > http://vserver.13thfloor.at/Experimental/VARIOUS/delta-2.6.9-vs1.9.3-net64.diff > > > > (old patch to give you some ideas :) > > > > best, > > Herbert > > > > > -- > > > > > > Chuck > > > > > > "...and the hordes of M$*ft users descended upon me in their anger, > > > and asked 'Why do you not get the viruses or the BlueScreensOfDeath > > > or insecure system troubles and slowness or pay through the nose > > > for an OS as *we* do?!!', and I answered...'I use Linux'. " > > > The Book of John, chapter 1, page 1, and end of book > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Vserver mailing list > > > Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org > > > http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver > > > > -- > > Chuck > > "...and the hordes of M$*ft users descended upon me in their anger, > and asked 'Why do you not get the viruses or the BlueScreensOfDeath > or insecure system troubles and slowness or pay through the nose > for an OS as *we* do?!!', and I answered...'I use Linux'. " > The Book of John, chapter 1, page 1, and end of book > > > _______________________________________________ > Vserver mailing list > Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org > http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver _______________________________________________ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver