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    Having throughput problems only on 1 VM

    It seems like there are many tools out there for aligning a VM through vcenter but since Im no longer using that I may have to do a reinstall. However I checked both the xp and sever03 vms and they are identically misaligned so why would the xp vm perform so much worse?
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    Having throughput problems only on 1 VM

    Im not exactly sure what this means. Ive only come across the term when using an SSD for an OS drive. The disk in question is mechanical WD blue 500GB
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    Having throughput problems only on 1 VM

    agreed. Its like it builds up and then reads in bursts. is caching adjustable? Is it handled by the hypervisor or the vm filesystem?
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    Having throughput problems only on 1 VM

    Im going crazy trying to figure out whats causing this. I have a 500 GB Hdd that has 2 vms on it. A server2003 vm which performs very well and an XP vm which performs terribly. The following are HDtune measurements. The host OS is WIN7 using virtualbox. The server 03 vm was brought over from a...
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    For those of you that have successfully passed through USB

    yes this is 5.1. What i ended up doing is passing though a USB 3.0 pcix1 card to the vm and it worked. I tried every combination of passthough i could with the onboard controllers
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    For those of you that have successfully passed through USB

    How did you do it? I've tried everything. Running ESXi 5 I have esxi installed on a usb drive so if I accidently pass-through the controller its on I can easily move it. My question is after passing a controller though to a server 08R2 vm the VM sees the controller in device manager but...
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    ESXi 5 - local datastore gone after PCIe passthrough

    Spike, did you ever find a solution for the two port card. I'm in need of an additional port now and the 2 port card would be perfect
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    ESXi 5 - local datastore gone after PCIe passthrough

    I am very interested in your results here. I have an asRock x58 supercomputer mobo, i7930 and they included the exact same 2 port 6Gb/s PCIe sata card. Running ESXI 5.0 I successfully passed through the onboard 6 port sata controller but never got the two port card working. I ended up...
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    Looking to Setup VPN Currently have Dir-655

    Are you trying to connect to your own network from the outside world or connect to someone else's vpm from inside your network?
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    What product to use?

    Well everything (almost anyway) is up and running. I am very pleased with how everything turned out. I'm getting about 85 MB/s transfers from 08R2 and the passed through mobo sata controller. I have a few real quick questions about some loose ends. If a device is not on ESXi's hardware...
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    What product to use?

    The SIL card works, i used it today when testing the install on a usb drive. My only thought would be VM performance. But if you dont think raid 1 will have any benefit then ill skip it.
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    What product to use?

    I have another question before I undertake this. Is raid 1 a good idea for the install location and datastore. Is it even necessary? The drives will be running off a pci sil3114 card. Thanks.
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    What product to use?

    Thanks for the reply. What I'm thinking I may do is raid 2 500s or 1TB drives for the installation and datastore. Right now im installing to a usb drive for initial testing. My shared files are not in a vmdk. They are on physical disks which is why i would require pass through of a sata...
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    Seagate has some funny requirements for RMA shipment...

    it was probably shipped in an anti-static bag in anti-static bubble wrap. ESD is the only reason I can think of to disallow the first 2. Secondly newspaper sucks as packing material
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    What product to use?

    First off let me lay out what I'm considering and you can tell me if its a reasonable plan. Currently I have: Desktop - i7 930 - 12GB ram Server - 2008R2 - 8+ hdd - Athlon II X4 3.0Ghz - 4GB Ram - Hyper-V with a few VMs I'm thinking of basically switching my desktop with the...
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