Introducing the libblkio High-performance Block I/O API

Explore the libblkio High-performance Block I/O API in this 36-minute conference talk presented by Stefan Hajnoczi and Alberto Faria from Red Hat. Discover how libblkio provides a unified open source API for efficient block device access, eliminating the need for custom code across various low-level interfaces. Learn about its versatility in bare metal, container, and virtual machine environments, and its support for blocking, event-driven, and polling I/O models. Gain insights into the API design, available drivers, and future roadmap of libblkio. Understand how applications like QEMU and fio are already leveraging this technology for improved performance in virtual machines and benchmarking workloads.

Introducing the libblkio High-performance Block I/O API - Stefan Hajnoczi & Alberto Faria, Red Hat