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Date:      Mon, 12 Apr 2021 09:54:41 +1000
From:      Jason Tubnor <jason@tubnor.net>
To:        Robert Crowston <crowston@protonmail.com>
Cc:        Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org>, Matt Churchyard <matt.home@userve.net>,  FreeBSD virtualization <freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: bhyve current windows status
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On Sun, 11 Apr 2021 at 20:07, Robert Crowston <crowston@protonmail.com>
wrote:

> nvme is faster than virtio-blk? It seems strange that a paravirtualized
> driver would be slower. Is that because of the regression you mention?
>
>
>
Not saying it is slower, just not any faster than the NVMe presentation
that we have discovered in production.  NVMe is the general direction
storage is taking, doesn't require the drivers to be injected at
installation time and lower usability friction.

The regression was due to a bug in the virtio-stor code that would nuke
your storage as soon as the driver loaded after upgrading it the following
boot.  That was discussed on a bhyve call last year.  It is no longer an
issue with the latest driver if you wish to continue to use virtio-stor.

Cheers,

Jason.



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