[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-users] Xen vs VMWare comparison paper
> Hello Admin, > > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 1:11 PM, <admin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I'm guessing that the benchmarks were run without any optimized > > drivers for Windows under Xen. That would be the only way to explain > > the dismal performance. Windows is known to perform poorly under Xen > > if you simply install Windows and don't install optimized drives. In > > all fairness, Windows performs poorly on native hardware if you don't > > install optimized drivers, so testers should expect to have to install > > optimized drivers when testing Windows regardless of the environment. > > I have emailed them about this, and I will post anything I hear back from > them. > > I'm rather curious here because you said "optimized drivers" rather than > saying "GPLPV." Is there a choice of [better than stock] drivers for a > Windows HVM DomU that I'm not aware of? I ask because GPLPV doesn't > quite work for me yet in all situations. > If they were running the Citrix branded Xen product then Citrix's own drivers would be the obvious choice. In what way is GPLPV letting you down? You asked about USB a while back... I've made some progress there but it's still very much a work in progress. Thanks James _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xen.org/xen-users
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