I haven't heard this about VMWare. I've heard that VirtualIron has some drivers for IB that give the VM the same performance as the native layer (no evidence of that though).
I think Don Becker has some experience here. I know he's hesitant to post, but I think it would be good to hear from the master :) Jeff > Joe Landman wrote: > > [...] > > > Current virtualization requires running in a VMware or similar type > > window. This is heavyweight and slow, and it impedes access to fast low > > latency resources. > > I stand corrected, VMWare can be fast. From data provided offline, > cannot share. Still wondering about the performance cost to use IB and > other fast networks. Maybe some experimentation is in order ... > > > > -- > > Joseph Landman, Ph.D > Founder and CEO > Scalable Informatics LLC, > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > web : http://www.scalableinformatics.com > phone: +1 734 786 8423 > fax : +1 734 786 8452 or +1 866 888 3112 > cell : +1 734 612 4615 > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
