Shared Folders extremely slow

[jmickela]

I'm trying to run a local web server on my guest OS (64 bit Ubuntu), my host is Windows 8. It's a fairly large site but loads in about 3 seconds on my remote web server, it times out in my local VM. All the files are stored in a shared folder.

I've tried just about everything I've come across on the web and nothing has helped. Are shared folders just too slow for this use?

[mpack]

Sounds more like a network config problem.

[jmickela]

I guess it depends on what you mean.

If I copy the website files to the local disk in the guest OS the website loads instantly. It's only slow when the files are in the shared folder.

[mpack]

It also depends on what you're calling a shared folder. If you mean GA shared folders then those are built for convenience, not speed. Though I would not expect software to time out when using them. Use true network shared folders and VirtIO if top performance is your goal.