# "paravirtualized scsi vs lsi logic" recommended for my VM vmware for Kubernetes on Linux?

**URL:** <https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/paravirtualized-scsi-vs-lsi-logic-recommended-for-my-vm-vmware-for-kubernetes-on-linux/32163>\
**Category:** microk8s\
**Tags:** minikube\
**Created:** [April 17, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/paravirtualized-scsi-vs-lsi-logic-recommended-for-my-vm-vmware-for-kubernetes-on-linux/32163 "2025-04-17T16:48:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![pepe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4da419/32.png) [@pepe](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/u/pepe)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/paravirtualized-scsi-vs-lsi-logic-recommended-for-my-vm-vmware-for-kubernetes-on-linux/32163/1 "2025-04-17T16:48:47Z")

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Hello! I am creating my VM in VMware and I will be working with a web application with MySQL. I want to use Minikube, but I am unsure whether the best option to maximize performance with Docker (and later use Kubernetes) is the LSI Logic disk type or Paravirtualized SCSI. Could someone recommend one of these two options?

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**Author:** ![jayeshmahajan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.kubernetes.io/jayeshmahajan/32/15459_2.png) [@jayeshmahajan](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/u/jayeshmahajan)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2025, 3:16am UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/paravirtualized-scsi-vs-lsi-logic-recommended-for-my-vm-vmware-for-kubernetes-on-linux/32163/2 "2025-04-19T03:16:37Z")

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VMware VM — Paravirtualized SCSI (PVSCSI) is generally the better choice for maximum disk I/O performance , especially when running workloads like databases or containers. It’ll give you the best disk performance, which is important when you’re running containers and databases, both of which perform frequent disk I/O operations.

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**Author:** ![pepe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4da419/32.png) [@pepe](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/u/pepe)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/paravirtualized-scsi-vs-lsi-logic-recommended-for-my-vm-vmware-for-kubernetes-on-linux/32163/3 "2025-04-20T18:59:09Z")

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Thank you so much for the help. I’ll definitely include it in my MV then. Best regards.