Just read on Scott Drummond’s that in the a future release, the PVSCSI adapter will be good for both low-io and high-io virtual machines. Check out Scott’s blog for all the info.
For now use the PVSCSI for virtual disks with more than 2000 iops.
Essense of virtualization
FYI, the article was authored by me, Scott Drummonds, not Scott Lowe.
Hi Scott, Sorry about that! Article updated. It is nice to see the performance guru checking in 😉