virtio (EN)

Standard

Standard for paravirtualized devices in virtual machines for performance optimization

Architecture

flowchart LR   subgraph VM     direction LR     A[Guest operating system] --> B[virtio drivers]     B --> C[virtio devices]   end   subgraph Host     direction LR     D[virtio backend] --> E[Host kernel]     E --> F[Physical hardware]   end   C --> D   D --> C

In Context

  • Typically used together with KVM, Xen or VMware ESXi
  • Related to: paravirtualization, PCI-Passthrough, SR-IOV
  • Example use: High-performance network adapters in virtual servers
Quelle: AI Generated