There are countless posts out there comparing E1000s and VMXNET3 and why the VMXNET3 should (where possible) always be used for Windows VMs. http://rickardnobel.se/vmxnet3-vs-e1000e-and-e1000-part-2/ http://longwhiteclouds.com/2014/08/01/vmware-vsphere-5-5-virtual-network-adapter-performance/ Last week I was provisioning a new Windows 2012 R2 VM to act as a Veeam Repository. For mass storage we have MD3200i’s presenting block storage over iSCSI. Going through […] Read More