Re: [Xen-users] Performance of network block devices (iSCSI)

[Simon Hobson <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John Madden wrote:

> I'd try moving it to dom0 so only the block i/o component of the picture goes
> over the hypervisor.  You're doing a lot of double-work by doing both block
> i/o and the networking needed for iscsi when you do the initiator in domU.
> Configuration will be easier, too.
Not sure what you are saying about the double work - with the DomU 
doing the iSCSI, all the Dom0 has to do is pass the network packets 
through. Moving the iSCSI initiator to the Dom0 means that the Dom0 
has to do the iSCSI stuff and then route the virtual block device to 
the DomU.
I've deliberately not put the iSCSI initiator in Dom0 as I want to 
run the absolute minimum in Dom0. Also, putting the iSCSI initiator 
in Dom0 makes it harder to move a VM to another host - having it in 
the DomU means that the VM can be moved without any config changes.
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