I second the Proxmox VE recommendation; expecially if you use the virtio drivers. http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/WindowsGuestDrivers/Download_Drivers If you must have USB support then go with Virtualbox though.
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Eric Shubert <e...@shubes.net> wrote: > 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 <geo...@georgetoft.com >>> <mailto:geo...@georgetoft.com>**> 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-disc...@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us<PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us> >>> >>> <mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.**plug.phoenix.az.us<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<http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------**--------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list >>> -plug-disc...@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us<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<http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss> >>> >> >> >> >> > ------------------------------**--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > plug-disc...@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us<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<http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss> >
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