>>>>The HOST is on Windows 2012R2 and since 2008R2 Ms change the way core (2008) and vcore (2012) are managed. I tried to allocate more Vcores and did not get any improvement.
>>>>Next week, I will try to implement a RAMdisk for all Tmpfile.
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>>>I got very good performance boost by hosting databases and temp folders on a SSD. Incredible. It is actually the main reason skipped the replacement of motherboard and processor, which I regularly did every three years. It's five years now and I don't feel any need.
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>>I agree, but in my case the VM is on a 16x PCI-SSD drive. It's already faster then a normal SSD that is SATA or SAS.
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>Pro tip:
>Do not forget your backup. SSD are a pain to get data back from a broken one. It's much more critical then a HDD, where a few hundred dollars might safe the day.

Recently a friend of mine lost content of his because he hadn't backed up anything. It made me realize I had some content that wasn't duplicated. Fortunately the local Micro Center had a sale on portable drives, so I didn't even have to pay a few hundred.