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qm: emulated devices: make recommendation for virtio devices more visible

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Signed-off-by: Fiona Ebner <f.ebner@proxmox.com>
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@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ paravirtualized virtio devices, which includes a paravirtualized generic disk
controller, a paravirtualized network card, a paravirtualized serial port, controller, a paravirtualized network card, a paravirtualized serial port,
a paravirtualized SCSI controller, etc ... a paravirtualized SCSI controller, etc ...
It is highly recommended to use the virtio devices whenever you can, as they TIP: It is *highly recommended* to use the virtio devices whenever you can, as
provide a big performance improvement and are generally better maintained. Using they provide a big performance improvement and are generally better maintained.
the virtio generic disk controller versus an emulated IDE controller will double Using the virtio generic disk controller versus an emulated IDE controller will
the sequential write throughput, as measured with `bonnie++(8)`. Using the double the sequential write throughput, as measured with `bonnie++(8)`. Using
virtio network interface can deliver up to three times the throughput of an 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 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] this benchmark on the KVM wiki https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Using_VirtIO_NIC]