Slow logon for roaming profiles on Server 2012 R2.

Hey all,
We have migrated Windows Server 2008 R2 to 2012 R2. After this, roaming profiles began to take 7-8 mins to 15-16 mins to logon to the 2012 R2 RDHS. Same roaming profiles have no problems logging on other RDS servers running Server 2008 R2.
All updates are installed. All RDS related HotFixes have been applied. Server 2012 R2 only got RDSH role activated. It's a domain environment and AD role is on a physical DC. This is a mixed OS environment for clients.
Local users have no problems logging on. Roaming profiles have no problems logging back in day after the first logon - The very first logon took a long time for them.
Profiles stored on an SSD NAS device. The device doesn't support SMB3 protocol. Could this be why?
Also when we check Event Viewer, we see "Event ID 5: Kernel-General :: {Registry Hive Recovered} Registry hive (file): '\........\NTUSER.DAT' was corrupted and it has been recovered. Some data might have been lost." But again,
same profiles have no problem logging on Server 2008 R2.
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts and advices.
Thanks in advance.

Hi Bruce,
>>After this, roaming profiles began to take 7-8 mins to 15-16 mins to logon to the 2012 R2 RDHS.
Before going further, I want to further confirm if this happens when the users log onto the server first time or all the time. Besides, does this happen to all domain users logging onto the server?
>>"Event ID 5: Kernel-General :: {Registry Hive Recovered} Registry hive (file): '\........\NTUSER.DAT' was corrupted and it has been recovered. Some data might have been lost."
For this event, we can refer to the solution provided by Justin in the following thread to tackle the issue.
Registry Hive Corrupted - Event ID 5: Kernel-General
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-system/registry-hive-corrupted-event-id-5-kernel-general/275d080b-4d29-4eed-887d-bee55725c602?page=1
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