virtio-blk

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    VM storage latancy

    What is the best expected latancy of storage within a VM? from reading https://kb.blockbridge.com/technote/proxmox-tuning-low-latency-storage/ it looks like their un-opimised guest is getting just over 50us, yet no matter what i try i am getting around 200-300us with raw image, virtio scsi...
  2. bbgeek17

    [TUTORIAL] Deep dive into Storage Controllers and Performance of Windows on Proxmox - Continued

    Hello All, Here's another technote in the Windows on Proxmox series. In Part 4, we quantify and compare IOPS, bandwidth, and latency across all storage controllers and AIO modes under ideal conditions (i.e., "unloaded"), utilizing Windows 2022 running on Proxmox with iSCSI shared block storage...
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    How to enable DISCARD and WRITEZEROS in virtio-blk in Proxmox 6.0

    Hi, I just updated my Proxmox server to 6.0 and I have to say that this update is just amazing. The version of QEmu got bumped up to 4.0 in this update, which finally brings support for DISCARD and WRITEZEROS to virtio-blk as per QEmu's changelogs (https://www.qemu.org/2019/04/24/qemu-4-0-0/)...