Huh. This is the first time I've heard this. I think I know exactly what the issue is. Was this reported to support?
I'll have David address this for a build early this week. If I'm right, you should see a major improvement. There is no reason that
SM will ever be slower than fricken Azure. But we are still pulling some files from Azure storage. We just haven't had a chance to migrate them over. If thats not the issue, then it could be some computer setting in your end will have have to sort out.