Istio + NSM Performance test

[denis-tingaikin]

After presentation Istio + NSM we get a question on how is fast NSM + Istio.

Now, we need to measure performance of our integration and provide the results

[wazsone]

The preliminary results from a kind setup on a packet machine have shown that the native istio multiprimary is a bit faster than the nsm+istio integration.

I have removed cpu limits from forwarders and nse but the istio is still ahead. Also I have checked if iptables rules affects performance by adding 50 sequential rules but the result is the same.

Next steps:

• get results and compare with a native nsm multicluster
• debug forwarders connections

Istio

MSM

Istio vs MSM