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  • Method and system for controlling virtual machine bandwidth
    Patent number: 7613132
    Abstract: A method of controlling bandwidth including receiving and classifying a packet, sending the packet to a hardware receive ring based on a classification of the packet, and sending, in accordance with an operating mode, the packet to a software receive ring, sending the packet from the software receive ring to a virtual network interface card, where the virtual network interface card is associated with a virtual machine, where the operating mode is adjusted to control the bandwidth consumed by the virtual machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Sunay Tripathi, Tim P. Marsland, Nicolas G. Droux