Hey, If you really need to do that for performance purpose, then you should dedicate a server to your LB...
cheers On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Sebastian Fohler <i...@far-galaxy.de> wrote: > Hi, > > How important is it to assign a specific NIC to the single haproxy vm with > physical passthrough? > > Best regards > Sebastian > > > On 16.04.2012 07:01, Baptiste wrote: >> >> Hey, >> >> You have to reserve resources for the VM. >> FYI, At exceliance, we were able to go up to 55K rps in a VM on a core i7. >> >> You'll need to tune your sysctl as well. >> >> cheers >> >> On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 6:30 PM, Willy Tarreau<w...@1wt.eu> wrote: >>> >>> On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 05:35:59PM +0200, Lukas Tribus wrote: >>>> >>>> Does that mean Sandy/Ivy Bridge based Intel Platforms can't be >>>> undoubtedly >>>> recommended for high performance usage with haproxy or is there a >>>> workaround? >>> >>> It's never all white or black. It also depends on the L3 cache latency. >>> My >>> experience with first gen i5 CPUs is quite good and much better than with >>> the 12-core AMD 6172. >>> >>>> What platform would you recommend for a new setup? >>> >>> i3/i5 are really good performers. Pick one with a high frequency and you >>> should be fine. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Willy >>> >>> > >
