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Subject: Re: Windows Template Startup time
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From: Francois Gaudreault <fgaudreault@cloudops.com>
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Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 16:31:45 -0400
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Windows instances are usually having a much bigger size than the typical 
Linux VM. It's normal to take longer. Even with 10GB network, it can 
take up to 5 minutes depending of the load on our SS.

FG

On 2015-06-29 10:28 AM, Timothy Lothering wrote:
> Hi Prashant,
>
> There are a couple of questions here:
>
> 1. Has your hardware been configured for optimal I/O throughput?
> 2. Have you installed XenTools on the VM?
>
> Slow VM Template Deployment:
>
> Initial Template download from SS is dependent on the SSVM, CPU, RAM and Network speed. Check that all of these have been configured to optimal speed & size. Initial template deployment is "slow" as the template needs to be copied from SS first. Subsequent deployments should be faster.
>
> Slow VM Reboot:
>
> This is dependent on the hardware configuration and whether PV drivers (XenTools) have been installed.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Timothy Lothering
> Timothy Lothering
> Solutions Architect
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: prashant priyam [mailto:prashant_priyam@outlook.com]
> Sent: 29 June 2015 04:07 PM
> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org; users@cloudstack.apache.org
> Subject: Windows Template Startup time
>
> Hi,
> I have create a windows server 2012 R2 64 bit template with 8 vCPU and 16Gbs RAM and 350Gbs as Root Disk and created template on cloudstack 4.3 and xen server 6.2 .
> Now when I porvision vm with this template it takes around 15 minutes to start the VM and after creation it again takes around 20 minutes to reboot the VM.
> Please help how can I minimize the reboot time .
>
>
> With warm regards,Prashant Priyam(+91-8802955489)http://in.linkedin.com/in/prashantpriyam
>   		 	   		
>
>


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