While I still have a couple hosts running VMWare Server 2.0.2 on CentOS 5.x, I've given up that ship. I think you're walking on thin ice running VMWare Server 2 on just about anything these days, especially Windoze. I doubt you'll find much help solving any problems with Server 2, given that VMWare has dropped it as I expect most users have also by now. I highly recommend running Proxmox VE as a virtualization host platform. It's similar to VMware Server in many ways, but I've found it even easier to use. While it requires a cpu that supports virtualization, that's not so hard to find these days. We're beginning to document the process of building a Tagcose server based on PVE. See http://tagcose.com for details. We meet monthly at UAT (2nd Sat) to work on Tagcose development. You're welcome to join us if you'd like. -- -Eric 'shubes' On 10/28/2012 01:13 PM, George Toft wrote: > Continuing saga . . . > SMB and FTP from another physical to this virtual run at full speed. > SMB from every Win7 box except this one runs at full speed. The > communications bog down only for SMB/FTP on the physical host to the > VM. Next step is to build a dedicated VMware host. I probably should > have done that to begin with, but was trying to cut down on the number > of physical systems running. > > Regards, > > George Toft > > On 10/28/2012 7:13 AM, Michael Havens wrote: >> thanks for the update! >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 10:07 PM, George Toft > > wrote: >> >> Further investigation shows it's not FTP nor samba. It's Windows >> 7 (which I used for Windows file and FTP). Using smbclient on a >> Linux box I get 19MB/sec and FTP from Linux I get 32MB/sec. >> Concurrent with replacing the old file server was the purchase of >> a new PC. I guess we know what XP does better than Windows 7. >> >> Regards, >> >> George Toft >> >> On 10/27/2012 6:01 PM, George Toft wrote: >> >> Spent several hours researching this one - can't find a >> solution. I hope someone here can hit me with a clue-by-four. >> >> CentOS 6.3 64-bit virtual running under VMware 2.0.2 fresh >> install with FTP/Samba/NFS running. I copied 500+GB of data >> from the old computer to the new one using NFS at full network >> speed (11+ MB/sec). Life's good. >> >> Now here it is a day later, and my samba write speed is a >> blazing 80KB/sec (up from 40KB/s when I started >> troubleshooting). I read samba should approach FTP speed and >> I verified it does - FTP writes to the new machine at about >> the same speed. Reads still take place a full speed (now it's >> on a 1Gbps network) - 33MB/sec. Writes . . . 99.8% slower. I >> did not have this problem on the previous samba server (CentOS >> 4.8 32-bit). >> >> I added memory (it now has 1GB RAM, 1 GB swap) and it has 2 >> CPU's. This had no effect. >> >> In summary, NFS works at full speed both ways. Samba/FTP are >> fast on reads but snail slow on writes. >> >> My next thought is to install ClearOS, test it, and copy their >> smb.conf. Or install CentOS 5.x and see if it has the same >> problems. >> >> Any ideas where to look on this one? smb.conf necessary. >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list -PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss