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    fdcastel replied to the thread Feature request: VM configuration toggle for 4k block device sector size.
    A minor correction: Using scsi-hd.logical_block_size=4096 had a measurable (negative) impact on sequential write performance. The remaining results appear to be within statistical tolerance.
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    fdcastel replied to the thread Feature request: VM configuration toggle for 4k block device sector size.
    I’m evaluating Proxmox for potential use in a professional environment to host Windows VMs. Current production setup runs on Microsoft Hyper-V Server. Results follow: 1) Using --scsi0 "$VM_STORAGE:$VM_DISKSIZE,discard=on,iothread=1,ssd=1"...
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    fdcastel replied to the thread Feature request: VM configuration toggle for 4k block device sector size.
    Out of curiosity, what additional value would this bring compared to the existing --args option? Also, I’ve been running benchmarks with various logical and physical block sizes, but they seem to have no effect on performance -- only on the...
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    fdcastel replied to the thread Extremely Slow Download of Updates.
    I'm encountering the same issue today: # pveam download local debian-13-standard_13.1-2_amd64.tar.zst downloading http://download.proxmox.com/images/system/debian-13-standard_13.1-2_amd64.tar.zst to...
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    fdcastel reacted to leesteken's post in the thread 10Gb network adapter with Like Like.
    Didn't the world recently agree on Broadcom being evil? Intel has a good open-source record, but we will need to see if this continues...
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    fdcastel reacted to LnxBil's post in the thread 10Gb network adapter with Like Like.
    I wasn't able to buy 10 GBE only cards for a while now, so we always went with 10/25 GBE cards from the same brands. Broadcom, Intel and Mellanox work also quite well, if you have working GBICs and of course up-to-date firmware. I had some...
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    fdcastel reacted to jdancer's post in the thread 10Gb network adapter with Like Like.
    I use Intel X550 and Intel X540 10GbE without issues in production. They are running latest firmware. For 1GbE, I use Intel i350 with latest firmware also without issues. I use Mellanox ConnectX-3 with latest firmware at home but obviously use...
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