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Document that virtio-scsi is the recommended controller for PVE >= 4.3

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design, allowing higher throughput and a greater number of devices to be
connected. You can connect up to 6 devices on this controller.
* the *SCSI* controller, designed in 1985, is commonly found on server
grade hardware, and can connect up to 14 storage devices. {pve} emulates by
default a LSI 53C895A controller.
* The *Virtio* controller is a generic paravirtualized controller, and is the
recommended setting if you aim for performance. To use this controller, the OS
need to have special drivers which may be included in your installation ISO or
not. Linux distributions have support for the Virtio controller since 2010, and
* the *SCSI* controller, designed in 1985, is commonly found on server grade
hardware, and can connect up to 14 storage devices. {pve} emulates by default a
LSI 53C895A controller. +
A SCSI controller of type _Virtio_ is the recommended setting if you aim for
performance and is automatically selected for newly created Linux VMs since
{pve} 4.3. Linux distributions have support for this controller since 2012, and
FreeBSD since 2014. For Windows OSes, you need to provide an extra iso
containing the Virtio drivers during the installation.
// see: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Paravirtualized_Block_Drivers_for_Windows#During_windows_installation.
You can connect up to 16 devices on this controller.
containing the drivers during the installation.
// https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Paravirtualized_Block_Drivers_for_Windows#During_windows_installation.
* The *Virtio* controller, also called virtio-blk to distinguish from
the Virtio SCSI controller, is an older type of paravirtualized controller
which has been superseded in features by the Virtio SCSI Controller.
On each controller you attach a number of emulated hard disks, which are backed
by a file or a block device residing in the configured storage. The choice of