Re: [libvirt] adding bandwidth control support

[Jim Meyering <jim meyering net>]

Max Zhen <Max Zhen Sun COM> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm working on adding bandwidth control support in
>> virt-install/virsh/libvirt on Xen.
>> This support can allow setting bandwidth control in dom0 (I'm working on
>> Solaris dom0 now) for virtual nic devices used in a domU.
>> I've attached my design in this email.
>> Basically, this design is about how to represent bandwidth limit
>> information in command line for virsh/virt-install and how to represent
>> it in current XML configuration file for a domU.

Hi Max,

Can the vif "rate=..." setting do what you want?

http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.2/html/Virtualization/sect-Virtualization-Tips_and_tricks-Limit_network_bandwidth_for_a_guest.html