jmr Posted August 25, 2016 Share #1 Posted August 25, 2016 (edited) Hi everyone, I'm more of a windows admin but I'm implementing something for a Mac heavy client of mine who's just chasing a storage solution amongst other VM's that will eventually reside on his server. I've spun up a VM on an ESXi 6 host with the following specs. Host: Xeon E5-2620 (12 Logical Cores), 12GB Memory, 2 x 3TB SAS RAID-1, 2 x 1TB SAS RAID-1. (on a H730 Controller) I've allocated the XPEnology VM 2 vCPU's and 8GB Memory. The base OS is installed on a 10GB partition on the 1TB Array, I've mapped the 3TB directly as a Raw LUN - SCSI contorller is Paravirtual. At this stage, performance is shite. Haven't yet installed VMWare tools but surely that's not the issue. Any tips here? Or am I better bypassing the Hardware RAID and using software RAID within Synology (surely not!!??) Tips appreciated! Edited August 26, 2016 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmr Posted August 26, 2016 Author Share #2 Posted August 26, 2016 To confirm - getting 5MB/Sec at the moment Boooooo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
znakistu Posted August 26, 2016 Share #3 Posted August 26, 2016 I don't think it is the raid, check network configuration... On my custom nas (I3-6100, 16 gb ram, no raid config) i get limited by my router 830Mbps write and 930-950 Mbps on sata drives. Rise another VM on that machine and test the network speed and see the bandwidth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmr Posted August 26, 2016 Author Share #4 Posted August 26, 2016 Yeah so I spun up a Windows 10 VM Copying from it at under 5MB/Sec at the moment Something seriously wrong here what is it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berwhale Posted August 27, 2016 Share #5 Posted August 27, 2016 What's the link speed for your vmnic? 100Mbps @ half duplex will give you roughly 5MB/Sec... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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