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Proxmox KVM

Proxmox Virtual Environment is a qualified platform. The tests are run with the hardware and virtual machine configuration described below.

Hypervisor hardware

ItemDescription
CPUIntel(R) Xeon(R) D-2177NT CPU @ 1.90GHz

Virtual machine configuration

ItemDescription
Machineq35
CPUhost,flags=+pdpe1gb;+aes
-CPU passthrough
-1 GB huge page support
-AES-NI encryption acceleration
Sockets1
Cores8
Memory5 GB
Memory balooningDisabled
NUMADisabled

Results

Below are the results collected through our testing of this platform. Please see our testing methodology for details on how the tests are conducted.
Host configuration(-)
Appliance version
date: 2026-04-16T14:42:06Z
version: v0.41.1
Kernel version
5.15.0-173-generic
cmdline
BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.15.0-173-generic root=/dev/mapper/vg--main-lv--root ro noquiet nosplash console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 vga=normal nofb nomodeset video=vesafb:off i915.modeset=0
Interfaces
Device nameFirmware version
Red Hat, Inc., Virtio network device (Red Hat, Inc., Device 0001)N/A
Red Hat, Inc., Virtio network device (Red Hat, Inc., Device 0001)N/A
Performance results(-)
Test
Rate (pps)
Throughput (Mbps)
Comments
IP-in-SCION tunneling5100001444.32
  • cores=1, workers=1
IP-in-SCION tunneling4300001217.76
  • cores=1, workers=2
IP-in-SCION tunneling with encryption5100001444.32
  • cores=1, workers=1
IP-in-SCION tunneling with encryption4300001217.76
  • cores=1, workers=2
SCION4700001488.96
  • cores=1, workers=1
SCION4400001393.92
  • cores=1, workers=2
Compatibility results(-)
Device name
Intf. config.
Test name
Result
Comments
Virtio network deviceVLAN over interfaceSet IPv6 link-local address
    Virtio network deviceVLAN over interfaceMulticast ping
      Virtio network deviceVLAN over interfaceMulticast IPv6 ping
        Virtio network deviceVLAN over interfaceUpdate MAC
          Virtio network deviceVLAN over interfaceUpdate MTU
            Virtio network deviceBare interfaceSet IPv6 link-local address
              Virtio network deviceBare interfaceMulticast ping
                Virtio network deviceBare interfaceMulticast IPv6 ping
                  Virtio network deviceBare interfaceMultiple VLANs
                    Virtio network deviceBare interfaceUpdate MAC
                      Virtio network deviceBare interfaceUpdate MTU
                        Virtio network deviceBare interfaceUpdate RX queue size
                          Virtio network deviceBare interfaceUpdate TX queue size