vmplayer 2.0.4 disk performance problem

Linux.tar.gz · 06-17-2008, 09:16 AM

Hi !

Just a tip :
I spent two day trying to optimize a vmware machine.
I/O on disk were catastrophic.
I finally switched back to 2.0.3 et voilà, it's much better now.

Cheers.

unSpawn · 06-17-2008, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Linux.tar.gz

I/O on disk were catastrophic.

Sounds a wee bit vague, maybe post some details?

Linux.tar.gz · 06-23-2008, 10:49 AM

Everytime apps are reading or writing on disk, i have to waaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiittttttt.
Gimp takes 1 mn to launch.

unSpawn · 06-23-2008, 10:58 AM

Heh. I was hoping for something more objective than that. If you didn't do any tests or don't have any stats then we'll better let it rest.

Linux.tar.gz · 06-24-2008, 06:06 AM

The test is simple : once vmplayer is usable, and once vmware is crippled. I/O on HD's are almost constant and host is swapping, no matter how i adjust the amount of ram for the vm. I spent two days doing all sorts of tests, changing the host's file system, tweaking the .vmx, etc...
So i stepped back.
This wasn't a question i posted : notice the light.

unSpawn · 06-24-2008, 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Linux.tar.gz

This wasn't a question i posted : notice the light.

It's just that posts like these (with all due respect) don't contain enough data to be objective and can't be seen as a "generic solution" or "solid advice". You may not have posted it as a question but for me asking questions is the only way to help clear things up where possible.

Linux.tar.gz · 02-11-2009, 05:12 AM

I switched hosts filesystem from XFS to Reiserfs and average rw performance was about 10X faster.