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Subject: Re: kvm-83 write performance raw
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Malinka Rellikwodahs wrote:
> Running the kvm-84 install on the qcow image as kvm -m 1024 -drive
> file=qcow,boot=on,cache=writethrough, I get similar performance to the
> raw performance.
>
> So it looks like with cache set to writethrough there's a big
> performance hit on this setup, any ideas where to look for that?
>
>   

Unrelated, but you'll probably improve raw performance somewhat by using 
cache=none.

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