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Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) controllers are high-performance storage adapters. Use PVSCSI controllers to provide greater throughput and overall lower CPU utilization. We tested adding multiple PVSCSI controllers to improve storage performance. Three additional PVSCSI controllers were added to each virtual machine for a total of four per VM.