Before I get too far into this, I primarily blame SAV 10 for being a resource hog, but I'm wondering if there's a way I can boost the performance to an acceptable level.
In brief, I set up a new PC the other day running 64-bit Ubuntu, installed 64-bit Workstation 7 for Linux on it, and set up a 32-bit XP VM with 2 VCPUs, 1 GB RAM and a 40-GB preallocated virtual disk. So far, so good -- performance was such that I could watch video in the VM with only minor stuttering.
Then, so I could meet the host requirements for our corporate VPN and use it for remote access to work, I downloaded and installed SAV 10 from our intranet. Immediately the performance went in the toilet even as the VM's CPU usage doubled. I was waiting several minutes after clicking a button or icon to see the effect. I tried disabling auto-protect but it only had marginal benefit and actually seemed to reactivate itself quickly. Uninstalling SAV completely resolved all issues (I could actually see performance improve during the uninstall process as each component was shut down).
Is there a simple known fix for this issue, or is it just a case of Symantec being an irredeemable pig? I've read that Symantec does not support SAV 10 on a VM, but I don't know what the extent of that non-support is.
