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Re: Does SMP significantly increase LVS performance ?

To: Joseph Mack <mack@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Does SMP significantly increase LVS performance ?
Cc: CERBA Jacques -GRE <jacques.cerba@xxxxxxx>, lvs-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: Julian Anastasov <uli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 18:15:17 +0200 (EET)
        Hello,

On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, Joseph Mack wrote:

> On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, CERBA Jacques -GRE wrote:
> 
> > Doe's somebody have any idea or data ?
> 
> it depends :-)
> 
> If you're using VS-NAT then you'll need a machine that can handle the full
> bandwidth of the expected connections. If this is T1, you won't need much
> of a machine. If it's 100Mbps you'll need more (I can saturate 100Mbps
> with a 75MHz machine). If you're running VS-DR or VS-Tun you'll need
> less horse power. Since most LVS is I/O I would suspect that SMP won't
> get you much. However if the director is doing other things too,
> then SMP might be useful

        Yep, LVS in 2.2 can't use both CPUs. This is not a LVS limitation.
Probably in 2.[3-4]. If you are using the director as real server too,
SMP is recommended.

Regards

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Julian Anastasov <uli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



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