[libvirt-users] How to collect the VM bandwidth usage utilization

[vmnode guy]

Hi Peter Phaal

Thanks for your recommendation, i will take sometime to go through &
see how to implementing this thing.. it is a bit complex to me..

Regards,
Peter
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 7:18 AM, Peter Phaal <peter.phaal at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If you are trying to monitor KVM, XenServer or Xen then you might want
> to take a look at the Host sFlow project:
> http://host-sflow.sourceforge.net/
>
> The Host sFlow agent is installed on the hypervisor and exports
> libvirt metrics for the VMs. sFlow uses a push model, continually
> streaming the metrics as UDP datagrams to a central collector. Pushing
> the statistics scales much better than polling and automatically
> adapts as VMs are added, moved and removed.
>
> Take a look at Ganglia for collecting and displaying the metrics:
> http://ganglia.sourceforge.net/
>
> If you are using the latest versions of XCP or XenServer, then you can
> use sFlow monitoring in the Open vSwitch to get detailed visibility
> into traffic flows:
> http://openvswitch.org/
>
> Open vSwitch supports both sFlow and NetFlow for traffic monitoring,
> the following article provides a comparison:
> http://blog.sflow.com/2011/10/comparing-sflow-and-netflow-in-vswitch.html
>
> Peter
>
> On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 11:12 PM, vmnode guy <vmnodeguy at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Guy,
> > I am trying to figure out how & where can i get the bandwidth usage
> > utilization statistic info for all the VM, so in the end i will be able to
> > use it for metering purpose..
> > Anyone got any idea ?
> > Regards,
> > Peter
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