How to Reduce the Performance Impact of Using Multicast Networking with KVM Virtual Machines

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Certain applications require the use of multicast networking in order to function properly. These applications can be used in environments with KVM virtual machines (VMs) present on the same network, and in some cases, they can be used directly on KVM VMs. However, when multicast is used in conjunction with KVM VMs, the requirement for additional memory copies will impact performance (for exam...

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