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To: "Nicholas A. Bellinger" <nab@linux-iscsi.org>
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Subject: Re: KVM 10/Gb Ethernet PCIe passthrough with Linux/iSCSI and large
 block sizes
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Nicholas A. Bellinger wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> The first test results for Linux/iSCSI Initiators and targets for large
> block sizes using 10 Gb/sec Ethernet + PCIe device-passthrough into
> Linux/KVM guests have been posted at:
>
> http://linux-iscsi.org/index.php/KVM-LIO-Target
>
> So far, the results have been quite impressive using the Neterion X3100
> series hardware with recent KVM-85 stable code (with Marcelo's patches,
> see the above link) on v2.6.29.2 KVM guests, and using v2.6.30-rc3 KVM
> Hosts.
>   

Thanks for posting this!  Very impressive results.

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