Re: [Xen-users] Xen linux and gaming box

[James Harper <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>       2) What is the best disk performance I can get with a windows 7
> DomU? Pass a controller though or just share it with dom0 and maybe
> another domU.
> 
> 2. You said SSD for your host, are you planning to use LVM on the SSD or on a
> regular HDD?  I use an OCZ Vertex 3 with LVM, and a logical volume for
> Windows.  Windows Experience Index was 6.6, but after installing GPLPV
> drivers jumped to 7.7 and performs at near-native speeds.  I would imagine
> similar results from HDD performance.
> 

GPLPV doesn't (yet?) support trim/unmap/discard 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIM) so write performance on SSD may not be as 
good as it could be.  I'm not sure of the exact impact in terms of overall 
performance though. The Wikipedia article says that modern SSD's still perform 
well without TRIM but their lifespan may be reduced.

James


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