shared folder slow

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When AV scannng in Windows a shared external drive, the scanning is slow,, much slower i would say han if it was directly attached. however i can't directly attach in VM, because the drive in question is Mac formatted (Mac OS Extended Journaled) HFS+. So i usually mount on Mac desktop, then add a share folder in VMWare Fusion

The alternatives i reckon would be no better SMB/AFP, simply because a locally attached drive is always gotta be better performance than a network share (even over a VMWare shared folders) as long as its still on the device, not remote

Although very slow, is this my only option from a performance perspective? The USB drive is 4TB. I believe if the drive was exFAT or NTFS and directly attached to Windows VM,, it would be faster.

[wila · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Yeah, VMware shared folders are slow.. that's been true for like forever.

Sharing via the network is your best bet in my opinion.

There are ways to access HFS+ formatted disks directly from within Windows.

Here's some links (note, I have no recent experience with either product myself)

Catacombae - HFSExplorer

https://digirati82.com/2014/12/15/adding-hfs-read-support-to-windows/

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Wil

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MacDrive also looks good, as HFSExploer requires Java Run-Time installed as well.

This is a one time only thing..