vhost processes

[masterdaweb]

Hi.

I noticed recently on my Proxmox machine several processes named "vhost-" running:



Is this part of Proxmox ? If so, what are those processes for ?

 

[t.lamprecht]

Hi.

Yes, they come from the VMs virtual network interfaces, for an in-depth explanation see:
http://blog.vmsplice.net/2011/09/qemu-internals-vhost-architecture.html