On 07/02/10 11:28, Zach Carter wrote: > On Thursday 01 July 2010 16:02:26 Brian Jackson wrote: >>> I'm sure I could use the qemu-kvm that ships from CentOS with the >>> corresponding kernel module, however that lacks certain essential >>> features, including support for scsi disk drive emulation. >> >> There's a reason Redhat disables scsi support in their kvm... it's not >> really suggested to use it. > > What specific reason is that? The kvm.spec %changelog references RedHat > bugzilla 512837, however I am not authorized to access it. > > scsi is a hard requirement for us, even if we have to stay on the old kernel > module. > > Any additional insight would be much appreciated. I've used SCSI for RHEL3 and RHEL4 guests for years. Performance is significantly better than IDE. I have yet to have a guest crash because of it. David > > thanks, > > -Zach > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html