Intelligent Queueing Technologies for Virtualization
Intelligent Queueing Technologies for Virtualization: A Dell-Intel-VMware Ecosystem Solution to Enhance Performance
The maturation of virtualization technologies has brought with it an ecosystem of servers, network I/O silicon, and virtual machine (VM) hypervisor vendors whose products are engineered specifically to complement one another. Components developed under those collaborative relationships enable smooth interoperation for solution stacks that usher in a new era of virtualized efficiency and performance. Relationships among ecosystem participants can help to relieve the burden of solution integration from end customers, since many engineering challenges have been addressed by the hardware and software makers long before the solution components reach the market.
These benefits are especially important to get the most out of new technologies, since infrastructure-wide challenges often benefit from being addressed by multiple parts of the solution stack. One such challenge is the increasing amount and complexity of network I/O that is generated as the number of virtual machines (VMs) being supported per physical server increases. Intel® Virtualization Technology for Connectivity (Intel® VT-c) is a suite of network I/O technologies that helps in reducing the network I/O bottleneck on the virtualized server. One concern that arises with high levels of virtualized traffic is the packet-sorting burden on the hypervisor, which can create a significant bottleneck to overall system performance. Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq) is one such technology under Intel VT-c that offloads network I/O data processing from the virtual switch in the hypervisor to the network I/O silicon. As a result, servers that implement VMDq can improve I/O throughput for faster, more efficient networking in virtualized environments. The complete solution benefits from the capabilities of components provided by multiple ecosystem participants:
• Intel® Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapters that implement VMDq are available for both fiber and low-cost copper infrastructures.
• VMware NetQueue* provides an interface in VMware ESX* for the customer to achieve the benefits of VMDq on its servers.
• Dell PowerEdge* Servers complete the ecosystem, enabling customers to enjoy the benefits of VMDq by running the VMware ESX hypervisor solution along with Intel 10 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapters.
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Intelligent Queueing Technologies for Virtualization
Intelligent Queueing Technologies for Virtualization: A Dell-Intel-VMware Ecosystem Solution to Enhance Performance
The maturation of virtualization technologies has brought with it an ecosystem of servers, network I/O silicon, and virtual machine (VM) hypervisor vendors whose products are engineered specifically to complement one another. Components developed under those collaborative relationships enable smooth interoperation for solution stacks that usher in a new era of virtualized efficiency and performance. Relationships among ecosystem participants can help to relieve the burden of solution integration from end customers, since many engineering challenges have been addressed by the hardware and software makers long before the solution components reach the market.
These benefits are especially important to get the most out of new technologies, since infrastructure-wide challenges often benefit from being addressed by multiple parts of the solution stack. One such challenge is the increasing amount and complexity of network I/O that is generated as the number of virtual machines (VMs) being supported per physical server increases. Intel® Virtualization Technology for Connectivity (Intel® VT-c) is a suite of network I/O technologies that helps in reducing the network I/O bottleneck on the virtualized server. One concern that arises with high levels of virtualized traffic is the packet-sorting burden on the hypervisor, which can create a significant bottleneck to overall system performance. Virtual Machine Device Queues (VMDq) is one such technology under Intel VT-c that offloads network I/O data processing from the virtual switch in the hypervisor to the network I/O silicon. As a result, servers that implement VMDq can improve I/O throughput for faster, more efficient networking in virtualized environments. The complete solution benefits from the capabilities of components provided by multiple ecosystem participants:
• Intel® Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapters that implement VMDq are available for both fiber and low-cost copper infrastructures.
• VMware NetQueue* provides an interface in VMware ESX* for the customer to achieve the benefits of VMDq on its servers.
• Dell PowerEdge* Servers complete the ecosystem, enabling customers to enjoy the benefits of VMDq by running the VMware ESX hypervisor solution along with Intel 10 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapters.
Read the full Intelligent Queueing White Paper.
