[PVE-User] Very slow install of applications in Windows 2008R2 VM on Proxmox - What is the cause?

[Bruce B]

Hi Everyone,

I am seeing very slow install of applications within a Windows 2008R2 VM
that I built with 24Gbs of RAM (no users on it yet) and the Proxmox server
is a DL160 G6 with Dual L5520 Xeon quad core CPUs. I don't see why this is
acting so slow. I am looking for suggestions on how to make this work
faster.

Below are my findings of IO stats and HDD specifications. I would like to
know if there is any hope to this server. I am running Windows 2008 R2 in
IDE0 and QCOW mode.

*root at hp:~# iostat -xkd 2     (util shows over 97% below as a program is
being installed)*
Linux 2.6.32-22-pve (hp)        09/20/2013      _x86_64_        (16 CPU)

Device:         rrqm/s   wrqm/s     r/s     w/s    rkB/s    wkB/s avgrq-sz
avgqu-sz   await r_await w_await  svctm  %util
sda               0.00    13.50    0.00   94.50     0.00  9023.25   190.97
    2.41   25.43    0.00   25.43  10.32  97.50
dm-0              0.00     0.00    0.00   13.00     0.00    52.00     8.00
    0.70   54.15    0.00   54.15   6.77   8.80
dm-1              0.00     0.00    0.00    0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00
    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00   0.00   0.00
dm-2              0.00     0.00    0.00   95.00     0.00  8913.25   187.65
    2.29   24.12    0.00   24.12  10.24  97.30


*hdparm output:*


ATA device, with non-removable media
        Model Number:       WDC WD5001AALS-00E3A0
        Serial Number:      WD-WCATR2413417
        Firmware Revision:  05.01D05
        Transport:          Serial, SATA 1.0a, SATA II Extensions,
SATA Rev 2.5, SATA Rev 2.6
Standards:
        Supported: 8 7 6 5
        Likely used: 8
Configuration:
        Logical         max     current
        cylinders       16383   16383
        heads           16      16
        sectors/track   63      63
        --
        CHS current addressable sectors:   16514064
        LBA    user addressable sectors:  268435455
        LBA48  user addressable sectors:  976773168
        Logical/Physical Sector size:           512 bytes
        device size with M = 1024*1024:      476940 MBytes
        device size with M = 1000*1000:      500107 MBytes (500 GB)
        cache/buffer size  = unknown
Capabilities:
        LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
        Queue depth: 32
        Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, with device specific minimum
        R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16  Current = 0
        Recommended acoustic management value: 128, current value: 254
        DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6
             Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
        PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
             Cycle time: no flow control=120ns  IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
        Enabled Supported:
           *    SMART feature set
                Security Mode feature set
           *    Power Management feature set
                Write cache
           *    Look-ahead
           *    Host Protected Area feature set
           *    WRITE_BUFFER command
           *    READ_BUFFER command
           *    NOP cmd
           *    DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
                Power-Up In Standby feature set
           *    SET_FEATURES required to spinup after power up
                SET_MAX security extension
                Automatic Acoustic Management feature set
           *    48-bit Address feature set
           *    Device Configuration Overlay feature set
           *    Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE
           *    FLUSH_CACHE_EXT
           *    SMART error logging
           *    SMART self-test
           *    General Purpose Logging feature set
           *    64-bit World wide name
           *    {READ,WRITE}_DMA_EXT_GPL commands
           *    Segmented DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
           *    Gen1 signaling speed (1.5Gb/s)
           *    Gen2 signaling speed (3.0Gb/s)
           *    Native Command Queueing (NCQ)
           *    Host-initiated interface power management
           *    Phy event counters
           *    NCQ priority information
           *    DMA Setup Auto-Activate optimization
           *    Software settings preservation
           *    SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set
           *    SCT Long Sector Access (AC1)
           *    SCT LBA Segment Access (AC2)
           *    SCT Features Control (AC4)
           *    SCT Data Tables (AC5)
                unknown 206[12] (vendor specific)
                unknown 206[13] (vendor specific)
Security:
        Master password revision code = 65534
                supported
        not     enabled
        not     locked
        not     frozen
        not     expired: security count
                supported: enhanced erase
        102min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT. 102min for ENHANCED SECURITY
ERASE UNIT.
Logical Unit WWN Device Identifier: 50014ee2af8fec40
        NAA             : 5
        IEEE OUI        : 0014ee
        Unique ID       : 2af8fec40



Thanks,
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