View 4 and Windows XP VM

[TSher]

Hi All, I am in the process of coming out of BETA testing and setting up in a live environment of VSphere 4. As I am about to recreate the XP VM image from scratch I am just wondering what most people are using for the HDD driver file for WIndows XP. Is it Bus Logic or LSI? Also, what verision of the file and where to get it from and any pro's or con's per choice.

Thanks for any tips.

[Linjo · Accepted solution]

The LSI Logic is the best choice, at one of my customers we saw a 30% difference in throughput compared to the Buslogic one.

Look at this KB-articel to get the right one:

Best regards,

Linjo

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[mittim12]

This deployment guide might provide some additional insight too.

http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vdi-xp-guide.pdf

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[TSher]

Hi, Thanks for the quick response. I will give the LSI a go and benchmark it against the buslogic. I have downloaded it.

[TSher]

Thanks for the info. I am currently reading that and just found that it seems to concentrate on the buslogic more.