Problem
I went from using Virtualbox and Windows 7 to VMware workstation and Windows8 on my Ubuntu-linux workstation at my office. But since the swap the performance has ben everything but good in my guest. I've tried numorous settings for CPU/RAM etc but without enhancement.
I mainly run office, and management applications for Hyper-V, ESX, Windows Servers, and Cisco-routers on the Windows 8 VM. So no heavy duties at all.
But performance and response times are bad, especially after working with it for a day or two. Like text coming 2 sec after typing a word in a mail, or starting ASDM-manager for a cisco-router takes 30 sec instead of normal 5-10 sec.
Running Windows 8 64-bit on parallels on my MacBook pro with flaweless performance and Windows 7 on VirtualBox on the same host now running VMWare workstation with good performance. I expect more from a product like VMWare workstation, but I cannot figure out whats the problem.
My host is working flawlessly other from inside the guest, and as written above, performance was good with virtualbox/Win7 on same host and setup
What is the recomended settings for CPU etc for my setup and hardware?
Anyone with the same issue on a linux-host?
I've not yet tried to install another guest with Win 7 to compare performance.
Host
CPU: Core i7 (Quad) 930 (8 logical CPUs) @ 2.80 GHz
RAM: 12GB DDR3 1600mhz
HDD: 128GB SSD (intel, not a cheap one)
GPU: Radeon HD 6800 for three monitors.
OS: Ubuntu 12.04 64-Bit (Kernel 3.2.0-37-generic)... Fully patched
Virtualization: VMWare Workstation 9 for linux and Windows, Fully patched
Guest
OS: Windows 8 Pro 64-bit, fully patched
CPU: 2 CPU & 2 Cores (running this atm, tried everything from 1-4 cores and 1-4 CPUs
RAM: 4 GB
HDD: 60Gb (dynamicly assigned)
Monitors: Two
Accelerate 3D: Enabled
Virtualization Engine: Automatic