ok, I spent about 2 hours updating all the firmware on the server last night and it helped a little bit but not much.
The performance tests ran still show the equivalent of a core 2 duo.
I ran ESXI top and the CPU Load average right now as I look at it is .77, .92, .98 so it is under 1 per the KB article. It jumps above 1 every now and then but for the most part it stays under 1.
I don't see a memory over commit in that output but looking at the vsphere client it isn't even close to using all the memory on the server.
The %RDY for most of the VMs are sitting under 5. There are a few sitting at 6.5 and one at 8 but as I watch it some of the VMs kick well up to 40+ and then back down to normal. I just saw all of the VMs go up to 30+ all at once and then back down. As I type this one just went to 18% and held there for about 8 seconds.
Maybe I am over thinking this and this is the performance they should be getting but I just can't get over the fact my older E3 supermicro with 1 cpu and 4 cores far out performs a hefty and more expensive R620 with 2 cpus and 8 cores.
I don't have resource pools setup. I don't limit the resources to the CPUs. I have power management features turned off.
I keep reading about HP and Dells with poor performance and in some cases it was something wrong with the hardware and the server limiting the speed of the processors due to it stuck in power saving mode. I can't help to think this is my issue.
Thanks again for the suggestions!
