Hello
I have a ESXi 5.1 host using an Adaptec 5405 card, first of all , status/healt of the storage is not displayed on vSphere Client.
Copying files withig the datastorage takes too long.
ESXi Host its a Xeon Sandy Bridge E3-1245 V2 with 32GB Ram
Adaptec 5405
4x 500GB SATA Drives
On one of the guest OS which is configured with 4gb ram i have run this command to compare with other users results, and this is what im getting.
xxx@xxxx [~/]# dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
16384+0 records in
16384+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 200.147 s, 5.4 MB/s
Copying files on my single drive desktop PC is faster than that.
I have found a adaptec 5405 driver for ESXi 5, but i havent installed it because i dont know if is compatible with 5.1
The Adaptec 5405 is listed as compatible on Vmware HCL, also Adaptec site says that drivers will be automaticaly installed by Vmware ESXi.
Do you guys recommend to install that adaptec driver on my ESXi 5.1 host?
I'll really appretiate your comments.
Note: There is no load on the server. There are only 3 vm which are used for Windows development purpose.
thanks.