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