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From: Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
To: Zhao Forrest <forrest.zhao-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: James Dykman <dykman-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	dor.laor-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org,
	kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: PV network performance comparison
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:58:01 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <47132B99.9070700@qumranet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ac8af0be0710142234q19155a7aia00adf12d0c6e62a-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>

Zhao Forrest wrote:
>
> When running KVM(kvm.rtl) and xen-HVM(xen.um) on the same machine, I
> feel that the guest OS on top of KVM is much faster responsive than
> the one on top of xen-HVM.
> But this test result showed that xen-HVM is more responsive than KVM.
> Weird. I onced tried KVM-36 and xen-3.0.1 and got such impression.
>   

KVM certainly has an edge in latency because there are fewer layers and 
schedulers involved.  Regarding throughput, the numbers for kvm.rtl look 
lower than expected while xen.um's numbers are unrealistically high.  
The test needs to be done more carefully (using a recent kvm, too).

-- 
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-10-15  8:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-11 21:30 PV network performance comparison James Dykman
     [not found] ` <OF0BAE27C6.6B75A1D6-ON85257371.00749F3B-85257371.007646DD-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-11 23:12   ` Dor Laor
2007-10-15  5:34   ` Zhao Forrest
     [not found]     ` <ac8af0be0710142234q19155a7aia00adf12d0c6e62a-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2007-10-15  8:58       ` Avi Kivity [this message]
2007-10-15  8:51   ` Avi Kivity

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