As a VMWare paid user i have wrote to VMWare CS but they refused to answer my simple (?) question (they asked me to post to communities, so here i am)
this is the configuration
host:
- windows 10 pro x64 up to date (installed from scratch)
- cpu: amd athlon 5150 radeon r3 1.6gb
- ram 16gb
- disk: SSD
- all drivers up to date
- vmw player lastest windows version
guest:
- windows 7 pro up to date (installed from scratch)
- cpu: vmware
- ram: 8 gb
- disk: scsi + single file - fixed
- installed vmtools lastest version
- all drivers up to date
issue:
- the host os works great. guest vm is slow.
- disk performance on guest is 10mb/s but 100mb/s on host
tests:
- 3d acceleration enabled/disabled,
- with 4 cores: run regular. with 1 core it gets worst.
my doubts are:
- i am not sure if running the vm from this ssd is a good idea,
- or if vmtools guest drivers are working correctly
- or if guest installation from scratch must be done in some particular way to use ssd
- or if custom config must be done to use ssd (sata? ide? scsi?)
- or if there is a windows version that must be used as guest to take advantage of ssd
btw:
- the same configuration, running virtualbox runs much better/faster (but suddenly host hangs up with a blue screen, the reason i need to change to vmware).
any ideas? thank you
ps: documentation outthere is refered to vmware workstation v7 (older) or esx