I am trying to setup mysql on XEN.  I need to set it up on NFS so I can migrate the domain when needed.
 
I am getting unexpected results and wanted to get some feedback.
 
Here is my setup:
 
- NFS server
 
Dual 2.0 Ghz  AMD Opteron
2GB of RAM
Broadcom GB NIC
Standard Fedora Core 3 (FC3)
Mysql w/tpc-c medium databases on the NFS share
XenU filesystem on the NFS share
 
- Xen machine
 
Dual 2.0 Ghz  AMD Opteron
2GB of RAM
Broadcom GB NIC
FC3 w/XEN kernel patch
Dom0 = 512MB RAM
DomU = 512MB RAM
 
- TPC-C client
 
PIII 2.0 Ghz 
512 MB RAM
Standard Fedora Core 2
TCP-C client
 
Results using the tpc-c benchmark: 
Baseline ~3300 new-ops per second
            Machine 2 booted to the standard FC3
Xen0 ~ 1700 new-ops per second
            Machine 2 booted to Xen kernel with 512MB of RAM
XenU ~500 new ops per second
            Machine 2 booted to Xen kernel with 512MB of RAM
            DomU booted from NFS share with 512MB of RAM
 
Am I missing something here or is that much degradation expected when booting a virtual machine over NFS.