Up front I state I am not a Linux person. My last experience with *nix was back in the DEC days when they came out with Ultrix (I know, that's really dating me).
How does VMQ capabilities transfer through to a Linux VM? Assume the host has at least two VMQ capable 1G NICs. These are presented on virtual switches to a Linux installation that has Microsoft integration services installed, so it is using the network adapter and not the legacy network adapter. With a single CPU assigned to the VM, assume the system is getting 1G throughput. What should the expectation be when a second CPU is added to the VM? I'm not necessarily expecting twice the throughput, but should I see a significant improvement? Does the Linux VM have to support VMQ in order to see the benefits of VMQ with multiple NICs or is the benefit provided by the host which does support VMQ?
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