Re: [libvirt] adding bandwidth control support
Max Zhen <Max.Zhen(a)Sun.COM> wrote:
Jim Meyering at 2009-1-5 23:50 wrote:
> Max Zhen <Max.Zhen(a)Sun.COM> wrote:
>>> I'm working on adding bandwidth control support in
>>> virt-install/virsh/libvirt on Xen.
>>> This support can allow setting bandwidth control in dom0 (I'm working on
>>> Solaris dom0 now) for virtual nic devices used in a domU.
>>> I've attached my design in this email.
>>> Basically, this design is about how to represent bandwidth limit
>>> information in command line for virsh/virt-install and how to represent
>>> it in current XML configuration file for a domU.
>
> Hi Max,
>
> Can the vif "rate=..." setting do what you want?
>
>
http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.2/html/Virtua...
>
Hi Jim,
Yes, that is my first step to support bandwidth control in Solaris
dom0 (by leveraging 'rate=' in '.py' config file working with xm).
But, since virsh/libvirt is much more popular now, I think that it
would be a good idea to support bandwidth in libvirt.
This is why I'd like to add it to XML format config file :).
What is your concern to support rate option in XML file?
Hi Max,
In principle, I have no objection at all.
Since you didn't mention the "time window" parameter
discussed there, I wondered if you'd seen it.
As long as we're looking at extending the interface XML, are there other
things to consider, like interface bonding and failover? This is QoS
oriented, so should we consider something more sophisticated than a one-
or two-parameter bandwidth control?