a paravirtualized SCSI controller, etc ...
It is highly recommended to use the virtio devices whenever you can, as they
-provide a big performance improvement. Using the virtio generic disk controller
-versus an emulated IDE controller will double the sequential write throughput,
-as measured with `bonnie++(8)`. Using the virtio network interface can deliver
-up to three times the throughput of an emulated Intel E1000 network card, as
-measured with `iperf(1)`. footnote:[See this benchmark on the KVM wiki
-https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Using_VirtIO_NIC]
+provide a big performance improvement and are generally better maintained. Using
+the virtio generic disk controller versus an emulated IDE controller will double
+the sequential write throughput, as measured with `bonnie++(8)`. Using the
+virtio network interface can deliver up to three times the throughput of an
+emulated Intel E1000 network card, as measured with `iperf(1)`. footnote:[See
+this benchmark on the KVM wiki https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Using_VirtIO_NIC]
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