VM network slowness

[SPRowe]

I have an ESX4 server connected to a physical switch at 100/full, and the VMs attach to the vSwitch at 1000/full. Will this cause any issues when transfering large files? I only see my VM using 1% of the bandwidth when transfering data, I would expect to see it closer to 10%. Should I be using trafic shapping on the vSwitch?

Thx,

Scott Rowe

[vmroyale · Accepted solution]

Hello.

I have an ESX4 server connected to a physical switch at 100/full, and the VMs attach to the vSwitch at 1000/full. Will this cause any issues when transfering large files?

No.

I only see my VM using 1% of the bandwidth when transfering data, I would expect to see it closer to 10%. Should I be using trafic shapping on the vSwitch?

Where are you measuring the bandwidth from to get the 1% figure?

Good Luck!

[SPRowe]

I got the 1% from the task manager in in VM. Also if I look at the NIC chart in ESX it shows around 1000KBps.