Best practices and performance considerations

Avoid common pitfalls and tune the virtual server.

CPU management
Virtual CPUs are realized as threads within the host, and scheduled by the process scheduler.
Memory management
The memory configured for a virtual server appears as physical memory to the guest operating system but is realized as a Linux virtual address space.
Storage management
Consider these aspects when setting up and configuring the virtual server storage.
Performance hints and tips summary
Tune the performance of your virtual server.

Parent topic: KVM Virtual Server Management