vmware - Re: [plug] Samba [?] performance quirk

[Adrian Chadd]

On Sun, Sep 30, 2007, Mike Holland wrote:
> Steve Baker wrote:
> 
> >The problem is this: from windows vm vwinX, read/write to the samba 
> >share on ubuntu host ubuX (ie. the same physical system) is very very 
> >slow, as in almost non-existent. 
> 
> I recently was using Vmware on Ubuntu, and found that bridged networking
> to the host was extremely slow. So try a different protocol and see if
> its slow too. Are you saying you suspect Samba?
> Changing to host-only fixed the speed.
> You may have the same problem. I'd like to know the answer, but havn't 
> got around to checking the vmware forums yet.

Did you install the vmware network drivers in the host?

I'm running quite a few VMs in VMware server on ubuntu w/ bridged networking
and Ive not noticed any network related issues. The only thing that really
hurts the VMs is disk IO.



Adrian