Management of multilevel queues for shared network adapters

A computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored therein for performing perform operations to manage queuing resources of a shared network adapter, comprising:

• receiving, from a virtual adapter of a plurality of virtual adapters, data for transmission by the shared network adapter, each virtual adapter of the plurality of virtual adapters being configured to be interfaced to a network via the shared network adapter;
• transferring a portion of the received data to the shared network adapter;
• receiving transmission information from the shared network adapter, wherein the transmission information is based on an efficiency of transmitting data for the virtual adapter;
• and
• selectively transferring another a portion of the received data to the shared network adapter based on the transmission information from the shared network adapter.

A computing device for transmitting data to a communications network, comprising:

• a network adapter adapted to queue data from multiple data streams in a queue, to transmit the queued data to the communications network, and to provide information regarding an efficiency of transmitting data to the communications network;
• and
• a memory and a processor that are respectively adapted to store and execute instructions that:
• receive data from each of the multiple data streams for transmission by the network adapter to the communications network;
• receive the information from the network adapter regarding the efficiency of transmitting data to the communications network;
• and
• transfer the received data to the queue of the network adapter based on the received information.