Recently I see bad performance with my vmware-server. Loads of harddisk IO ... even bad on the RAID1, disks working all the time (I hear them and iostat tells me).
Might have to do with kernel 2.6.33 and non-fitting vmware-modules? I masked some modules back then because they didn't work, maybe they would now. Could someone tell me what combo works with gentoo-sources-2.6.33 ? I currently have: # eix vmware-mod [I] app-emulation/vmware-modules Available versions: 1.0.0.15-r1 1.0.0.15-r2 (~)1.0.0.24-r1{tbz2} [m]1.0.0.25-r1 [m](~)1.0.0.26 {kernel_linux} Installed versions: 1.0.0.24-r1{tbz2}(20:34:53 01.03.2010)(kernel_linux) # eix vmware-ser [I] app-emulation/vmware-server Available versions: 1.0.8.126538!s 1.0.9.156507!s (~)1.0.10.203137!s (~)2.0.1.156745-r3!s{tbz2} (~)2.0.2.203138!f!s{tbz2} Installed versions: 2.0.2.203138!f!s{tbz2}(20:19:33 10.03.2010) Thanks in advance, Stefan