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shurik
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Esx4 very slow throughtput in service console or VCB in nbd mode

I just upgraded to ESX4 and having serious backup problem. Performance went down 4-5 times. Where I had 100-120MB/s now I barely get 20MB/s

We are using VEEAM 3.1 which runs ints backup agent in service console and performance on ES4 is very poor. I tried to copy VMDK file via vCenter - same issue very slow. Tried VCB in NDB mode same very slow as if throughtput is throttled at about 22MB/s

My backups run out of time now. Any help would be greatly appreciated?

Thank you,

Alex

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JoFu
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I'm running two ESXi white boxes for about a year now. One is 3.5 one is 4.0, both have HORRIBLE disk performance and that is intended. Or does anybody believe that a major company like VMWare pushes this product on the market without testing its disk performance? Does VMWare really think SMB admins are that stupid?

I'm glad I didn't spend my 2009 budget on a ProLiant + ESXi License.

Gonna check the ESX400-200912401-BG this weekend. I'm curious if they reconsidered their ESXi Disk I/O politics.

EDIT: I can hardly see any difference, I downloaded and then uploaded a 5GB file, see the attached screenshot. Hardware: WD Raid Drives, ICH9R, Intel NIC, HP ProCurve Switch. So... local storage in ESXi is still a no go!

Funny... I can troughput almost twice the data at the same time here on my homenetwork from my workstation to my HTPC. Microsoft's SMB stinks?... hell no.... it rocks compared to ESXi! :smileygrin:

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