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

[Richard Meyer]

I'm using VMWare Server to run a couple of Win2K machines with VPNs and
TN3270 emulators talking to mainframe (z/OS) systems. I do a fair amount
of file transfer and the only time I see really slow transfers is when I
use the TN3270 client itself to do the transfers using IND$FILE, which
is notoriously slow.

Using Firefox to an FTP site is still pretty fast.

Done via bridged networking.


On Sun, 2007-09-30 at 18:32 +0800, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> 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
> 
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