I'm an unRAID newbie.  I've just set up an array on ESXi 5.0u3 using a passthrough SATA controller.  I'm wondering about network performance, especially to other VMs on the same ESXi server. 

 

I built the VM with the E1000 driver.  Supposedly the VMXNET3 driver has better performance with less of an impart to resources.  Has anyone tested?  Any noted performance difference?  Any noted stability difference?

 

Thanks,

 

John

 

If you can use VMXNET3 you should always use VMXNET3. Its driver isn't always available though.

OK, I've converted all my VMs to use the VMXNET3 network interface.  Simple tests seem to show it's working fine!

 

VM OS's: CentOS 6.5, Ubuntu 13.10, Windows 7 and unRAID 5.0.5.

 

Thanks for the input.

 

John