System and methods for implementing quality of service in a networked virtualization environment for storage management

A method for implementing quality of service (QoS) for network communications sharing a network in a networked virtualization environment for storage management, includes receiving a network communication from a controller VM, identifying whether the network communication is a data communication type issued by a user VM or a control communication type issued by the controller VM, applying a set of rules to the network communication based on its communication type, and placing the network communication in a prioritization class queue based on a result of applying the set of rules to the network communication.