[ovs-discuss] VMs lost network connections randomly

[Jesse Gross]

On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Jian Qiu <swordqiu at gmail.com> wrote:
> Jesse,
>
> Thanks for your quick response.
>
> Which version would you recommend upgrade to? As you know, this is our
> production environment, stability is the first priority.
>
> May I upgrade the userspace programs only? We might not be able to upgrade
> kernel module as replacing kernel module may require a server reboot and we
> couldn't stop the running service on it.

There have been fairly continuous performance improvements in newer
versions but by far the biggest jump is likely to be in the upcoming
1.11 release. However, this will require a kernel module update to get
the full benefit.