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virtualizing Windows 2008 R2 on windows 7 host
HI all,
What would be the best way to virtualize a development environment using windows 2008 R2 on a windows 7 host?
And with best I mean the smallest footprint possible unlike VMware server needing an apache webserver.
Regards,
Dafou
What would be the best way to virtualize a development environment using windows 2008 R2 on a windows 7 host?
And with best I mean the smallest footprint possible unlike VMware server needing an apache webserver.
Regards,
Dafou
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oh its 59mb actually
you could try VMWare Server as this softrware is also free.
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I really like virtual box as it is open source. I am not sure yet about esx I as I need to run it on my laptop. Does esx I need special hardware to run like esx?
And like I stated before I don't like VMware server as it needs apache webserver running on the host, i dont like that idea
And like I stated before I don't like VMware server as it needs apache webserver running on the host, i dont like that idea
esx, like hyper-v is a full hypervisor implementation and is more suitable for virtualizing many machines, but doesn't let you keep your normal work habit of "boot primary OS, launch VM when needed" type of scenario. Hyper-V and MS Virtual Server are similar in this regard, which is why I didn't recommend them. Virtual PC is a good choice, but does not support 64-bit guest OS's. Hence virtualbox.
esxi is not esx server as esxi is linux based