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What is the best Virtualization solution on windows as the host system ?
Hello ,
I'm looking for an easy to use application to make virtual computers inside my windows operating systems
I've seen Microsoft Virtual PC but it isn't that good , the VPS's are performing really slow and I can't choose how much they use of my processor .
Also I've seen many other solutions but all are for Linux or Mac so is there any thing that I can use on windows ?
Also it would be great if it's open source or at least free ware :)
I'm looking for an easy to use application to make virtual computers inside my windows operating systems
I've seen Microsoft Virtual PC but it isn't that good , the VPS's are performing really slow and I can't choose how much they use of my processor .
Also I've seen many other solutions but all are for Linux or Mac so is there any thing that I can use on windows ?
Also it would be great if it's open source or at least free ware :)
Operating SystemsMicrosoft Virtual ServerVMware
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jfields71
VMware Server is very nice. It is actually based off of a commerical product (GSX) that they made into a free version.
http://www.vmware.com/products/server/
It runs on Windows as a host very well. Make sure you have a lot of RAM, as that is the resource VMs really need. Also, if you can have the VMs run on a separate drive from your host OS, that can speed performance. If you are running this on a desktop then you will get some HD contention between the VMs and the host OS. This advice is the same no matter which virtualization product your use.
It runs on Windows as a host very well. Make sure you have a lot of RAM, as that is the resource VMs really need. Also, if you can have the VMs run on a separate drive from your host OS, that can speed performance. If you are running this on a desktop then you will get some HD contention between the VMs and the host OS. This advice is the same no matter which virtualization product your use.
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I'm trying vmware right now but I can't find where I can allocate specific amount of my processor power to the vps
And this feature is some thing that I really need , I want to control every kind of resources that the VPS will use .
And this feature is some thing that I really need , I want to control every kind of resources that the VPS will use .
Check out this manual:
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/server_admin_manual.pdf
It has tips on performance tuning your VMs and the host. You can restrict the amount of memory the VMs have and also how much the host OS keeps for itself. VMware Server doesn't let you do anything with the CPU settings except pick multiple CPUs for the VM (if host supports it).
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/server_admin_manual.pdf
It has tips on performance tuning your VMs and the host. You can restrict the amount of memory the VMs have and also how much the host OS keeps for itself. VMware Server doesn't let you do anything with the CPU settings except pick multiple CPUs for the VM (if host supports it).
No virtualization product out there that I know of supports allocating CPU cycles in parts of a CPU. The best you can do is have a multi-core CPU on the host and on the host bind the VMware server or VirtualPC to specific CPUs keeping at least one core restricted for the host OS.
Since CPU cycles are nanosecond chunks tweaking it by hand is not really something that is workable.
Since CPU cycles are nanosecond chunks tweaking it by hand is not really something that is workable.
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But on some Linux virtualization solutions like Virtuzzo you can allocate how much CPU for every VPS
is this some thing about Linux it self or what ?
is this some thing about Linux it self or what ?
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