Hello Experts
I just installed Proxmox as guest on unRaid.
The problem is that the performance of the Proxmox vm's is terrible. In comparision if Proxmox was directly installed on the same server, all was working 5-20 times faster (system boot time, response time, etc).
I know that this is in fact deep virtualization, but, for some reasons (existing licensed software) i have to run already existing proxmox VM's under unraid. So thought installing proxmox as guest will be a good point to start.
Can please anybody help me explaining what am I doing wrong, or what should be corrected to have reasonable io performance?
Proxmox VM drive is on a share of unRaid and there is the configuration:
<domain type='kvm'>
<name>Proxmox</name>
<uuid>cf02a52b-8d17-11fb-0a7d-d5db142d75c4</uuid>
<description>Proxmox VE</description>
<metadata>
<vmtemplate xmlns="unraid" name="Linux" icon="default.png" os="linux"/>
</metadata>
<memory unit='KiB'>67108864</memory>
<currentMemory unit='KiB'>33554432</currentMemory>
<memoryBacking>
<nosharepages/>
</memoryBacking>
<vcpu placement='static'>24</vcpu>
<cputune>
<vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='0'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='1' cpuset='1'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='2' cpuset='2'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='3' cpuset='3'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='4' cpuset='4'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='5' cpuset='5'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='6' cpuset='6'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='7' cpuset='7'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='8' cpuset='8'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='9' cpuset='9'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='10' cpuset='10'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='11' cpuset='11'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='12' cpuset='12'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='13' cpuset='13'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='14' cpuset='14'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='15' cpuset='15'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='16' cpuset='16'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='17' cpuset='17'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='18' cpuset='18'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='19' cpuset='19'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='20' cpuset='20'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='21' cpuset='21'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='22' cpuset='22'/>
<vcpupin vcpu='23' cpuset='23'/>
</cputune>
<os>
<type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-2.7'>hvm</type>
</os>
<features>
<acpi/>
<apic/>
</features>
<cpu mode='host-passthrough'>
<topology sockets='1' cores='12' threads='2'/>
</cpu>
<clock offset='utc'>
<timer name='rtc' tickpolicy='catchup'/>
<timer name='pit' tickpolicy='delay'/>
<timer name='hpet' present='no'/>
</clock>
<on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
<on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
<on_crash>restart</on_crash>
<devices>
<emulator>/usr/local/sbin/qemu</emulator>
<disk type='file' device='disk'>
<driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='writeback'/>
<source file='/mnt/user/ai_proxmox/Proxmox/vdisk1.img'/>
<target dev='hdc' bus='virtio'/>
<boot order='1'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
</disk>
<disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
<driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
<source file='/mnt/user/isos/Hypervisors/proxmox-ve_4.4-eb2d6f1e-2.iso'/>
<target dev='hda' bus='sata'/>
<readonly/>
<boot order='2'/>
<address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
</disk>
<controller type='usb' index='0' model='nec-xhci'>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x0'/>
</controller>
<controller type='sata' index='0'>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1f' function='0x2'/>
</controller>
<controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'/>
<controller type='pci' index='1' model='dmi-to-pci-bridge'>
<model name='i82801b11-bridge'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1e' function='0x0'/>
</controller>
<controller type='pci' index='2' model='pci-bridge'>
<model name='pci-bridge'/>
<target chassisNr='2'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
</controller>
<controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
</controller>
<interface type='bridge'>
<mac address='52:54:00:65:0f:57'/>
<source bridge='br0'/>
<model type='virtio'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/>
</interface>
<serial type='pty'>
<target port='0'/>
</serial>
<console type='pty'>
<target type='serial' port='0'/>
</console>
<channel type='unix'>
<target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/>
<address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/>
</channel>
<input type='tablet' bus='usb'>
<address type='usb' bus='0' port='1'/>
</input>
<input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
<input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
<graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes' websocket='-1' listen='0.0.0.0' keymap='en-us'>
<listen type='address' address='0.0.0.0'/>
</graphics>
<video>
<model type='qxl' ram='65536' vram='65536' vgamem='16384' heads='1' primary='yes'/>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/>
</video>
<memballoon model='virtio'>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
</memballoon>
</devices>
</domain>