On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 01:31:05PM +0200, Chris Ferebee via smartos-discuss wrote:
> Observing CPU utilization during the test using mpstat, I see that all cores > but one are mostly idle, and one core goes to 100% utilization, even when > running iperf with a single thread. > > Nick suggested that based on this, I should try increasing rx_queue_number > and tx_queue_number for the ixgbe driver. AFAICS, I would need to do that in > /kernel/drv/ixgbe.conf, which in turn means I need to do something like A more likely hypothesis to test would be that the single-threaded generation of data to be placed on the network is your limiting factor. ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
