Features/VirtioSCSI
Overview
A virtio storage interface for efficient I/O that overcomes virtio-blk limitations and supports advanced SCSI hardware.
Status
Under development. Not ready for real-world use yet.
Features
- /dev/sda inside guest
- Multiple LUNs per PCI adapter, solves virtio-blk 1:1 scalability problem
- SCSI passthrough
Links
- KVM Forum 2011 presentation Virtio SCSI: An alternative virtualized storage stack for KVM
- Draft specification v3
- stefanha's vhost-scsi QEMU tree