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From: Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: PVSCSI vs LSI Logic Parallel/SAS - WAS: Re: [gentoo-user] Best filesystem for virtualized gentoo mail server - WAS: vmWare HowTo / best practices
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:45:58
Message-Id: 51780C11.7020003@libertytrek.org
In Reply to: PVSCSI vs LSI Logic Parallel/SAS - WAS: Re: [gentoo-user] Best filesystem for virtualized gentoo mail server - WAS: vmWare HowTo / best practices by Tanstaafl
1 Anyone?
2
3 On 2013-04-23 3:28 PM, Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org> wrote:
4 > On 2013-04-22 8:56 AM, Andre Lucas Falco <alfalco@×××××.com> wrote:
5 >> 2013/4/21 Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org> wrote:
6 >>> Windows VMs see get an 'LSI Logic SAS', and my gentoo VM gets an
7 >>> 'LSI Logic Parallel' controller.
8 >
9 >> Did you tested using pvscsi? It's improve performance with less cost to
10 >> CPU usage.
11 >
12 > No, I didn't...
13 >
14 > It appears there is pvscsi support in the mainline linux kernel, but is
15 > it rock-solid? Anyone else here running gentoo linux with this driver
16 > for their primary/boot disk controller?
17 >
18 > Also, for my windows server 2008r2 vms, I used the default, which was
19 > the LSI SAS... I did search and found the knowledgebase article
20 > describing how to change them, but is the gain really worth the trouble
21 > (and more importantly, the risk)?
22 >