@george1421

Sooooo as stupid as this sounds but I have a solution / workaround.

Reduce the number of CPU’s on the VM to 1
Enable migrate to a physical computer with a different processor version

Changing either of these setting causes the speed to bottom out at 21mb/m leaving the setting at this results in 230mb/m capture speed.

@george1421 I might just try that, just for troubleshooting purposes.

Re: firmware - There is a BIOS update for the machines, and a firmware update for the NVM Samsung drive. Sadly, trying these was my first troubleshooting step (not listed here, because it was before I suspected components of FOG). I sure was holding my breath that it was the drive firmware though!

@espynn In such case, I’d recommend creating a fresh & clean image to try out next.