[ovs-discuss] [ovn] recommendation to gateway chassis

[Tony Liu]

Any comments?

Thanks!
Tony
> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss <ovs-discuss-bounces at openvswitch.org> On Behalf Of Tony
> Liu
> Sent: Saturday, April 3, 2021 12:05 PM
> To: ovs-discuss <ovs-discuss at openvswitch.org>
> Subject: [ovs-discuss] [ovn] recommendation to gateway chassis
> 
> Hi,
> 
> For now, I have a setup with DVR to route FIP traffic directly on
> compute node and dedicated central GWs to handle SNAT traffic.
> Then I realize that I can put GW chassis on compute node as well.
> Is this recommended over dedicated GW chassis?
> 
> If yes, is there any difference between 1) picking up a few compute
> nodes as GW and 2) putting GW on all compute nodes (like 200 nodes), in
> terms of the impact to OVN control plane and data plane, like DB sizing
> and handling, performance, health check peering, etc.?
> 
> Or the question is that, what's the comfortable scale of gateway chassis
> in OVN. If it's a few hundreds, then having GW on all compute nodes
> would be the best option.
> 
> Any comment is appreciated.
> 
> 
> Thanks!
> Tony
> 
> _______________________________________________
> discuss mailing list
> discuss at openvswitch.org
> https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-discuss