Re: [Xen-users] Windows 2003 HVM Performance

[Otavio Salvador <otavio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pasi KÃrkkÃinen <pasik@xxxxxx> writes:

>> During the installation I noticed that the section of the install that copied
>> files to the harddisc didn't execute very fast which prompted me to google 
>> for
>> xen HVM harddisc performance figures.  I read some references to a windows
>> paravirtualised harddisc driver that would improve performance.  Does anyone
>> know whether paravirtualised drivers are in development?  I also read that
>> network performance is near native so would it make sense to install windows 
>> on
>> a partition on the Dom0 and then create a D drive on the windows machine 
>> using
>> an iSCSI initiator?  This would mean that the domU would be relying on it's
>> near native network performance for harddisc accesses.  Has anyone tried 
>> this?
<...>
>
> Windows paravirtualized device drivers for disk and network would be a lot
> faster, but those are not publicly available :(
>
> They are part of Virtual Iron and Xen Enterprise products only.. :(

There's no project writting them yet?

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Otavio Salvador                  O.S. Systems
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