Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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IN this video I take a look at VirtioFS in PVE 8.4. VirtioFS is a new way to access files between the guest and host in PVE and in this video I check out the speed and compare it to doing a network share using Samba.

00:00 Intro
01:36 Setting up VirtioFS
03:15 Mounting in Windows
06:15 Mounting in Linux
07:44 Comparing VirtioFS to Samba
08:44 Performance Comparisons
12:26 VirtioFS vs Samba Ease of Use
14:52 Conclusion