what vm type do you have? you have to be careful not to hit the throttle limits otherwise your performance is awful. what matters is: - chosen vm size - disk

what vm type do you have? you have to be careful not to hit the throttle limits otherwise your performance is awful. what matters is: - chosen vm size - disk striping (or apps that use multiple disks) - whether you attach with caching on or off, so you can work with both throttles