The disclosure provides an approach for storage device write performance improvement in a remote computing environment. Embodiments include creating, on a remote device that is remote from a client device, a virtual storage device corresponding to a physical storage device physically connected to the client device. Embodiments include receiving, by a driver on the remote device, a request from an application on the remote device to perform a write operation with respect to the virtual storage device. Embodiments include sending, by the remote device, a write operation to the client device based on the request. Embodiments include prior to receiving a confirmation from the client device that the write operation was received or completed, sending, by the driver, to the application, a message indicating that the write operation is complete. Embodiments include receiving, by the driver, based on the message, an additional request to perform an additional write operation.