SR-IOV with CHR - What hypervisors are you using ?
I've been using CHR's under VmWare ESXi for a long time now. I am wanting to change from VmWare ESXi to another hypervisor that supports SR-IOV so that I can get my CHR's running faster ( 10-Gig to 40-Gig or faster if possible ).
I would like to ask - What non VmWare ESXi hypervisors ( and physical computers ) are others running CHR's on with SR-IOV configurations to achieve similar CHR throughput speeds ?
Also - what was the speed-limit wall you hit with your CHRs prior to implementing SR-IOV and what results did you get - how much faster with SR-IOV and how much did the hypervisor and CHR CPU loads drop with SR-IOV ?
I am currently running four BGP servers with full routes and wanting up upgrade from 10-Gig to 100-Gig full IPv4 and IPv6 BGP peering sessions.
And depending on other things , my CHR OSPF routers are often sustaining about10-Gig or more during busy peak hours.
And I've also got near a dozen other CHRs doing things in my ISP network.
All of my CHRs are I/O network very busy.
North Idaho Tom Jones