Citrix and Open vSwitch: Performance with a Little Help from our Friends

A good article from Simon Crosby regarding the Open vSwitch technology that is integrated in XenServer 5.6.

http://community.citrix.com/display/ocb/2010/09/12/Performance+with+a+Little+Help+from+our+Friends

For details on Open vSwitch its worth reading this overview:

http://openvswitch.org/