Originally posted April 6, 2009

Ixia has posted a new test plan on virtualization performance to IxChariot.com. This test plan explains how to use IxChariot™ to validate and optimize a virtualized data center. IxChariot™ is unique as it can generate and analyze application traffic between many endpoints and the VMs answering questions such as:

What is the optimum VMs to processor ratio for peak network performance?

How do multiple NICs impact the performance of virtualized servers?

What is the effect of latency introduced by virtualization on application performance?

Ixia is also hosting a Webinar called 'Assessing Network Performance in Virtualized Environments' on April 23rd at 10.00 am Pacific Time. During the webinar we will discuss network-related challenges when transitioning to a virtualized data center and how IxChariot™ can help you pinpoint those problems and find solutions.

We'd like to hear what you think of the test plan. Please post a comment here.