> I recently configured a 2-node cluster (Both servers running 2003
> Enterprise R2 on Dell Poweredge 6650's) and I'm running Virtual Server
> 2005 R2 SP1 Beta 2. Both servers are using a shared SCSI back-end for
> VHD storage, a Dell Powervault 220S array, configured with 3 300GB
> drives in a RAID5 array.
>
> Today, I created a VHD file on the array and configured the server and
> then wanted to do a simple copy of this VHD to another folder on the
> same array (Note: I turned off the virtual machine before copying)
>
> X:\guest1\guest1.vhd to X:\guest2\guest1.vhd (My intentions were to
> then rename vhd filename and run newsid.exe tool for cloning)
>
> But, I noticed a huge slowdown in the copy speed. This 4GB VHD file
> copy was estimated to take 30 minutes. I decided to test with another
> file type, a 4 GB ISO file, copying from the same directories, and it
> only tool 25 seconds. I'm really puzzled why the VHD would copy so
> slow. Here's what I tried to troubleshoot:
>
> -Turned off Windows Defender
> -Turned off Auto-Protect functionality in Symantec anti-virus
> -Turned off Symantec Anti-virus
> -Turned off Windows Defender
> -Stop Virtual Server service
>
> Nothing seemed to help the issue, and I also noticed when I configure a
> new disk inside the Virtual Server Admin console it takes at least 20
> minutes to create a 6GB fixed disk. This seems very bizarre, anyon
> else had any issue like this?
>
>

> I recently configured a 2-node cluster (Both servers running 2003
> Enterprise R2 on Dell Poweredge 6650's) and I'm running Virtual Server
> 2005 R2 SP1 Beta 2. Both servers are using a shared SCSI back-end for
> VHD storage, a Dell Powervault 220S array, configured with 3 300GB
> drives in a RAID5 array.
>
> Today, I created a VHD file on the array and configured the server and
> then wanted to do a simple copy of this VHD to another folder on the
> same array (Note: I turned off the virtual machine before copying)
>
> X:\guest1\guest1.vhd to X:\guest2\guest1.vhd (My intentions were to
> then rename vhd filename and run newsid.exe tool for cloning)
>
> But, I noticed a huge slowdown in the copy speed. This 4GB VHD file
> copy was estimated to take 30 minutes. I decided to test with another
> file type, a 4 GB ISO file, copying from the same directories, and it
> only tool 25 seconds. I'm really puzzled why the VHD would copy so
> slow. Here's what I tried to troubleshoot:
>
> -Turned off Windows Defender
> -Turned off Auto-Protect functionality in Symantec anti-virus
> -Turned off Symantec Anti-virus
> -Turned off Windows Defender
> -Stop Virtual Server service
>
> Nothing seemed to help the issue, and I also noticed when I configure a
> new disk inside the Virtual Server Admin console it takes at least 20
> minutes to create a 6GB fixed disk. This seems very bizarre, anyon
> else had any issue like this?

> > I recently configured a 2-node cluster (Both servers running 2003
> > Enterprise R2 on Dell Poweredge 6650's) and I'm running Virtual Server
> > 2005 R2 SP1 Beta 2. Both servers are using a shared SCSI back-end for
> > VHD storage, a Dell Powervault 220S array, configured with 3 300GB
> > drives in a RAID5 array.
> >
> > Today, I created a VHD file on the array and configured the server and
> > then wanted to do a simple copy of this VHD to another folder on the
> > same array (Note: I turned off the virtual machine before copying)
> >
> > X:\guest1\guest1.vhd to X:\guest2\guest1.vhd (My intentions were to
> > then rename vhd filename and run newsid.exe tool for cloning)
> >
> > But, I noticed a huge slowdown in the copy speed. This 4GB VHD file
> > copy was estimated to take 30 minutes. I decided to test with another
> > file type, a 4 GB ISO file, copying from the same directories, and it
> > only tool 25 seconds. I'm really puzzled why the VHD would copy so
> > slow. Here's what I tried to troubleshoot:
> >
> > -Turned off Windows Defender
> > -Turned off Auto-Protect functionality in Symantec anti-virus
> > -Turned off Symantec Anti-virus
> > -Turned off Windows Defender
> > -Stop Virtual Server service
> >
> > Nothing seemed to help the issue, and I also noticed when I configure a
> > new disk inside the Virtual Server Admin console it takes at least 20
> > minutes to create a 6GB fixed disk. This seems very bizarre, anyon
> > else had any issue like this?
>
> Hi
> I am facing the same problem. Copying of a VHD (6GB) takes an hour in DELL machine with pentium IV processor speed of 3GHz and memory of 4GB RAM. What should i do so that the copy takes lesser time.
>
> please advice
>
> Thanks
> Ashwin Kumar N
>
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