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RE: [Xen-users] Windows 2008 - slow upload

To: "Tomek" <timor@xxxxx>, <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Windows 2008 - slow upload
From: "James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 19:03:40 +1000
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Can you please try with vcpus=1 and see if that makes any difference.
It's not a solution but it would help me try and find one...

Thanks

James

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xen-users-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tomek
> Sent: Monday, 3 August 2009 17:59
> To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Xen-users] Windows 2008 - slow upload
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have a Win2k8 Server machine running on updated debian lenny, with
> installed GPLPV drivers. This virtual machine will be my company's
file
> server, but.... Machine without GPLPV drivers have only 100MBit if's.
> This file server needs 1GBit interfaces. I also need ACPI shutdown
from
> hypervisor option for shuting down vm for backups.
> 
> The wrong thing after installing GPLPV drivers is decreased machine
> upload. I could download about 40~60MB/s but upload runs at 10~20KB/s.
> It's to low for anything ;/
> 
> I've tested this behaviour with "Checksum Offload" enabled/disabled,
> "Check checksum on RX packets" enabled/disabled and combination of
both
> options. None of that works.
> 
> For now I have no idea how to fix this.
> 
> This is config file of this vm:
> 
> kernel = "/usr/lib/xen-3.2-1/boot/hvmloader"
> builder = 'hvm'
> memory = 3072
> name = 'fileserver'
> vif = [ 'bridge=brXX' ]
> disk =        [
>       'phy:/dev/vgsas/dc1-sys,hda,w',
>       'file:/xen/ISO/win2k8.iso,hdb:cdrom,r',
>       ]
> device_model = '/usr/lib/xen-3.2-1/bin/qemu-dm'
> acpi = 1
> apic = 1
> #pae = 1
> usb = 1
> usbdevice = 'tablet'
> parallel = 'none'
> serial = 'pty'
> localtime = 1
> cpus = "0,1"
> vcpus = 2
> 
> sdl = 0
> vfb = [ 'type=vnc,vnclisten=192.168.x.x,vncdisplay=1' ]
> 
> boot='c'
> 
> on_poweroff = 'destroy'
> on_reboot   = 'restart'
> on_crash    = 'restart'
> 
> keymap = 'pl'
> 
> 
> Thanks for any advices.
> 
> --
> Greets,
> Thomas.
> 
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