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Date:      Sun, 15 Sep 2024 18:56:54 +0100
From:      Sad Clouds <cryintothebluesky@gmail.com>
To:        Doug Rabson <dfr@rabson.org>
Cc:        Zhenlei Huang <zlei@freebsd.org>, Mark Saad <nonesuch@longcount.org>, FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Performance issues with vnet jails + epair + bridge
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On Sun, 15 Sep 2024 18:01:07 +0100
Doug Rabson <dfr@rabson.org> wrote:

> I just did a throughput test with iperf3 client on a FreeBSD 14.1 host with
> an intel 10GB nic connecting to an iperf3 server running in a vnet jail on
> a truenas host (13.something) also with an intel 10GB nic and I get full
> 10GB throughput in this setup. In the past, I had to disable LRO on the
> truenas host for this to work properly.
> 
> Doug.

Hello Doug, can you please confirm that you are NOT using if_epair(4)? I
imagine you dedicate one of the Intel 10Gb ports to a jail. This is not
an option for some of us, so a virtual NIC of some sort is the only
option with vnet jails. Other people also mentioned that vnet by itself
is not an issue and your test confirms this, however I'm observing poor
scalability specifically with the epair virtual NIC.

I will be trying netgraph when I have some more time. If there are
other alternatives to if_epair then I would be interested to learn
about them.



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