Stefan Monnier wrote: > What makes you think so? Does it overheat? Is the "load average" too > high? Where is the CPU time spent (i.e. e.g. what does `top` say, is it > mostly in "wait"? "kernel"? "user"?)? > > Have you tried to install a similar (tho probably smaller) VM on your > internal storage just in order to see if the problem comes from the > external storage or from the VM itself?
IMO, allthose question as irrelevant - the problem is the IO. You can try it easily. get USB 2.0 and put a VM on it - try to start it - you will know what OP means. Obviously also USB3 are not always USB3 :D
