Closer ...

So, I'm getting closer, but still not there. I'm still seeing I/O performance problems. They tend to manifest themselves in alternating bursts of speed and slowness. I can transfer a 2Gb movie in about 8 minutes, which isn't bad, but it seems to move in jumps, so something still isn't right. Guess I need to make a couple of posts on the VMware community and 3ware sites.