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KVM VIRTUALIZATION
TECHNOLOGY
1st Generation
• Offloads “Ring compression” to CPU
• Effectively provides new privilege level
• Hypervisor no longer scan and rewrite kernel code
• CPU provides 'hooks' or 'traps' for privileged
instructions
One should use Virtio in favor of VT-d pass-through, or emulated
Network Driver
Emulated NICs are much slower than Virtio or VT-d
The MAX bandwidth of Virtio connecting to a remote is very close to
VT-d or Native
Using Virtio to connect to Dom0 is much faster than using VT-d
(since in our setup VT-d is a second NIC)
Source : http://vmstudy.blogspot.com/2010/04/network-speed-test-iperf-
in-kvm-virtio.html
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