Deployment Guide

13 Network Partition (NPAR) Technology and VMware Virtual Switch comparison using QLogic BCM57800 | version 1.0
Table 3 lists the pros and cons of the VMware VDS traffic shaping technology
VMware’s VDS Traffic Shaping Characteristics
PROs
CONs
Able to adjust bandwidth allocation within
VMware vSphere ESXi
VMware vSphere Enterprise plus license
required
Able to change traffic shaping
parameters without rebooting ESXi host
Peak Bandwidth and Burst Size fields
difficult to understand
Bandwidth allocation for TX/RX
VM/VMkernel traffic
Additional complexity calculating TX/RX
traffic
VMware VDS traffic shaping pros and cons