[ovs-discuss] CPU use for switches.
Ben Pfaff
blp at nicira.com
Mon Mar 16 17:55:45 UTC 2015
On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 04:18:56PM +0000, Amal KAMMOUN wrote:
> So, in my use case, I want to create with mininet a virtual network
> that will transport a VoIP traffic.
What flows do you expect to use and what traffic and traffic patterns do
you expect?
> I'm really newbie in all of this :)
>
> Thank you for your time.
>
> Amal
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2015 3:50 PM
> To: Amal KAMMOUN
> Cc: discuss at openvswitch.org
> Subject: Re: [ovs-discuss] CPU use for switches.
>
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 08:59:40AM +0000, Amal KAMMOUN wrote:
> > The general issue for me is how much CPU does one switch in Mininet
> > utilize to handle the maximum number of flows?
>
> The amount of CPU that OVS uses depends on the forms of the flows in use
> in the flow tables and the amount of traffic and its patterns. The raw
> number of flows is not that interesting. Tell us about your use case
> and perhaps we can give some hints.
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