This is fact, you can't get high PPS with tap interface because they run in kernel space and it drive packets on kernel which isn't scalable.
Finally i have migrate all my compute nodes to SR-IOV and much happy now. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1423631 Title: tap interface drops many packets on highload systems To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1423631/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs