Why is Azure deployment slower on Windows 2012 Server than on Windows 2008 Server

Question

I have an ASP.NET (Webforms) working with .Net Framework 4.0.

If I deploy that site with osFamily="1" (on a Windows 2008 server) the .NET CLR takes 120 ms average (according to NewRelic logs).

If I take the exact site and I deploy it with osFamily="3" (on a Windows 2012 server) the .NET CLR takes more than 500 ms.

I know I should move to MVC4 and perhaps .Net Framework 4.5, but I would like to know if anyone else has had the same problem and if you know what could be causing this?

Edit

Looks like osFamily=2 also has the same problem.

Burgoyne

Em... What exactly takes longer? – Vespine

Im gonna run a profiler to see exactly what's going on. I think could be something related to azure sdk 2.0 and 1.7 (I am using 1.7). This comes from another issue: #16814164 – Burgoyne

not yet :) still playing arround. I had a recent experience with another deployment. I think it's related to the use of classic aspx pages. Should not happen with a proper MVC, but I still didn't had the chance to prove it – Burgoyne

This link may help you : netmf.codeplex.com/workitem/2004 – Ellinger

@Ellinger your link is related to the Micro Framework, I don't think any of it will apply here. – Catboat

What is your application pool type? Classic or Pipeline? – Tights

Pipeline, framework 4.0 – Burgoyne

I wonder have you ever tested this kind of stuff on local machine with different versions of Windows before putting the Azure tag. People often encounter different issues when they deploy to Azure, but the issues are not Azure related at all. I don't question the fact that there is an issue!Apparently there is, but the question is more related, IMO, to different versions of Windows Server, rather than having anything to do with Azure specifically! And will probably get more adequate answers on ServerFault of SuperUser. – Maturity

I am using Azure since 2010. Deploying to a physical server is kind of an anachronism for me :) – Burgoyne

Have you tried opening a support ticket with MS? – Shrove

Answer 1

From the forum discussion it seems that it's a known issue.

The issue is reported here.

Upgrading from VS2010 to VS2012, we noticed that deploying is very slow, which can be worked around but then stepping in code is very slow as well.

First, we thought it maybe the device but it is very slow even in the emulator. This machine we tested, is i7 processor with 12MB of RAM. This also seem the case for many who have reported on our forums.

Read more.

A solution seems to be the changing the driver to winusb (C:\Program Files\GHI Electronics\GHI Premium NETMF v4.2 SDK\USB Drivers\GHI_NETMF_WinUsb) - according to one of the comments.

Weslee

What does .NET micro framework has to do with the OPs question? – Mainly

This has nothing to do with the OP's question. He is talking about deployment differences between Windows 2012 and 2008 on Azure. Your link is about Visual Studio 2012 and 2010. Windows != Visual Studio. – Shrove

Answer 2

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsazure/en-us/7cf664b0-5876-4d6a-b54d-fda46c544c6f/azure-deployment-slower-with-w2012-server-than-w2008-server-or-w2008-server-r2?forum=windowsazuretroubleshooting:

'I tried with .NET 4.5 with the same results. I think is something related to Azure SDK 1.7 & 2.0

Programmatically configure Azure cache client' Answer by Jordi Torra

It seems to be a problem with the Azure SDK 1.7 & 2.0.

Creath

Did you check that the post you posted above is the same as the OP of this thread? – Mainly

@Mainly It's still a valid answer – Creath

Did you check that the MSDN answer was marked as answered not by the OP? And that as per OP of the post above, this is not yet answered? – Mainly

@Mainly It was still marked as an answer, and it is a valid answer: 'Marked as answer by Qin Dian Tang - MSFTMicrosoft community contributor, Moderator Thursday, June 13, 2013 2:16 AM' – Creath