Our standard image is currently using Fedora virtio drivers version 1.49. This is primarily for observed disk performance reasons (the next version saw writes drop by 60MB/sec).
Testing the latest drivers is on my to-do list. > On 16 Jun 2015, at 11:10 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > ----- On Jun 15, 2015, at 8:55 PM, David Finster > [email protected] wrote: > >> We run a large number of Windows Server 2012 R2 VMs (and a couple of legacy >> 2008 R2) on virtio without any issues. We use a particular version of the >> virtio >> drivers (mainly since they offer better disk performance) but we haven’t >> encountered any significant network issues, particularly around lost network. > >> We have a small spread of platform versions, but they will all be 2015 >> releases. > > that's great news! i'm pretty new to the kvm world, and from reading it > appears as though mileage varies greatly from site to site. would you be able > and willing to share the particular version of virtio drivers you are using? > that could save a bundle of time for me as well. > > > ------------------------------------------- > smartos-discuss > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25738179-216c4b5f > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
