Linux is dead slow

[MALIK_ADEEL_IMT]

Dear Sir / Madam,

I have installed Linux 5.1 on ESX server after installation of linux i have installed VM tools but when i connect it through X-Manager software it got dead slow even it takes 10 to 15 Seconds to come to Login and password screen. kindly help me how can i optimize its speed.

Thanks

Malik Adeel Imtiaz

PSE

Netsol Technologies

[RParker]

Is this hosted on SAN or local storage? If it's slow it's probably not ESX, it's either SATA drives you are hosting on, or your storage has some other issues.

[MALIK_ADEEL_IMT]

Thank you Parker,

Yeha it is SAN. but other windows system are working fine...

[MALIK_ADEEL_IMT]

How do we make bettter LINUX on ESX server as its performacne is DEAD SLOW ?

How we can FINE tune LINUX after installation of VM tools on it.

[Texiwill]

Hello,

Moved to Virtual Machine and Guest OS forum.

I run Linux almost exclusively as VMs and never have a performance issue, so to break things down, what are you running within your VM?

Also, I assume this is RHEL 5.1 and not RedHat 5.1 (which is ancient).

Did you remove all unneeded services?

Best regards,
Edward L. Haletky
VMware Communities User Moderator
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Author of the book 'VMWare ESX Server in the Enterprise: Planning and Securing Virtualization Servers', Copyright 2008 Pearson Education.
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[MALIK_ADEEL_IMT]

Thank you so much for your reply..i am currently running TOM CAT and JAVA on my linux and yes it is ...RHEL 5.1

[Texiwill · Accepted solution]

Hello,

First thing I would look at is whether or not RHEL is swapping, use the iostat command. If it is swapping then most likely you need to assign more memory. The other option to look at is the error log files for tomcat. Perhaps there is an error somewhere.

Best regards,
Edward L. Haletky
VMware Communities User Moderator
====
Author of the book 'VMWare ESX Server in the Enterprise: Planning and Securing Virtualization Servers', Copyright 2008 Pearson Education.
Blue Gears and SearchVMware Pro Blogs -- Top Virtualization Security Links -- Virtualization Security Round Table Podcast