[vfio-users] Using a physical disk in QEMU

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Sat, 2017-10-21 at 20:18 -0400, Taiidan at gmx.com wrote:
> Another option that would provide the best performance is attaching the 
> drive to a SR-IOV capable HBA's VF and then using VFIO to attach the VF 
> to your VM.
> 
> The LSI SAS 2308 series is the most affordable choice for this at around 
> $50-70 for an 8 internal port adapter (which can support up to 256 
> drives via expander cards)

Maybe at some future time, but for now I'm just trying to get it to
work. I'll look at performance later if need be.

Thanks.

poc