[Charlug] Weird VMWare Performance

[Jason Watts]

Not sure if you have tried looking on VMWare's website, but they have a
forum for their product.  I have never seen the problem but am interested in
the resolution.

Luck fixing it


On 10/17/07, David Simmons <dave at dgnal.net> wrote:
>
>
> While I don't think we have any VMWare experts (maybe we do), was hoping
> maybe someone would have some pointers as to where to start researching
> and/or other tech support groups to contact. Thanks in advance.
>
> ---------Original Message--------------------------------------
>
> I'm getting some VERY strange performance changes in VMWare and was
> wondering if anyone had any ideas/tips/etc.
>
> Work requires a Windows environment to access their systems &
> web-tools....so I've used VMWare for awhile to accomplish this. Recently
> moved from:
>
> BEFORE: OpenSuSE 10.2 - 64 Bit OS (running VMWare Server 1.0.1)
> AFTER: OpenSuSE 10.3 - 32bit OS (running VMWare Server 1.0.4)
>
> hardware has stayed the same in both scenarios.....I'm using the same VM
> image - but the BEFORE system would boot (from suspend) into a usable sys=
tem
> in about 5 seconds....the AFTER system takes minutes! (initial screen com=
es
> up...but performance is really slow until the system restore bar is
> finished....minutes later). Also....copying files from a share within the
> Windows environment to my Linux environment is also crazy! Could move a
> 4.0GB file in about 8 minutes - now it takes 50 minutes...What happened?!?
>
> Yes, I have the 'latest/greatest' VMTools installed (it was worst without
> - if you can believe that)....and I don't have the disk space pre-allocat=
ed
> (but remember - I was happy with it not pre-allocated in the BEFORE syste=
m).
>
> Any ideas? Thanks - Dave
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