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Old 08-22-2008   #2 (permalink)
Charlie Russel - MVP


 
 

Re: slow performance on VM

I/O throughput? If your disk subsystem gets bogged down, everything will
slow to a crawl.

Another possibility is memory fragmentation. If the host box has been up for
a long time, it might have fragmented memory, especially if this is a 32-bit
2k3 box.

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"Geb" <geb@_nospam.com> wrote in message
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> My VMs have slowed to a crawl. I'm running Virtual Server 2005R2 on a
> W2K3 box with 16GB RAM quad cpu. Host server seems to be ok on RAM and
> CPU utilization, so does the VM but I can't pinpoint why all the sudden
> the VMs are running slow. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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