diff --git a/qm.adoc b/qm.adoc index 6fc6f5e..c3865cb 100644 --- a/qm.adoc +++ b/qm.adoc @@ -80,12 +80,12 @@ controller, a paravirtualized network card, a paravirtualized serial port, a paravirtualized SCSI controller, etc ... It is highly recommended to use the virtio devices whenever you can, as they -provide a big performance improvement. Using the virtio generic disk controller -versus an emulated IDE controller will double the sequential write throughput, -as measured with `bonnie++(8)`. Using the virtio network interface can deliver -up to three times the throughput of an emulated Intel E1000 network card, as -measured with `iperf(1)`. footnote:[See this benchmark on the KVM wiki -https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Using_VirtIO_NIC] +provide a big performance improvement and are generally better maintained. Using +the virtio generic disk controller versus an emulated IDE controller will double +the sequential write throughput, as measured with `bonnie++(8)`. Using the +virtio network interface can deliver up to three times the throughput of an +emulated Intel E1000 network card, as measured with `iperf(1)`. footnote:[See +this benchmark on the KVM wiki https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Using_VirtIO_NIC] [[qm_virtual_machines_settings]]