[Cialug] Which VM for workstation use?

[Nathan C. Smith]

I've messed with the settings.

Once proc, two 512M to 1024M  What It really looks like I need is a way to
give more timeslices, or whatever the linux/VM term is, to the Virtual
Machine.

-Nate


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Theron Conrey [mailto:theron.conrey at dice.com] 
> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 2:31 PM
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: RE: [Cialug] Which VM for workstation use?
> 
> Dual opteron dual cores.....
> 
> How many virtual processors have you given the VM? Amount of 
> RAM for the VM?
> 
> -Theron
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org 
> [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Nathan C. Smith
> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 2:28 PM
> To: 'Central Iowa Linux Users Group'
> Subject: [Cialug] Which VM for workstation use?
> 
> 
> So I got my new mighty workstation (dual opteron dual cores, 
> 2 GB RAM) and put Ubuntu 32 bit on the bare metal and then 
> loaded Vmware server (free edition).  I'm getting horrible 
> performance and I cannot get my windows workstation ghosted 
> on to the machine.  Even once XP gets loaded with vmware 
> tools I'm feeling a bit let down.
> 
> I've used Vmware workstation in the past and we use ESX 
> server to host several applications in house and I've never 
> seen it perform quite so horribly trying to do these setup 
> tasks.  I don't have the patience for a DD copy but that is 
> about all I am left with.
> 
> I'm looking for a little guidance - Should I switch products 
> to something else VM Workstation, Xen.... ?  Or keep banging 
> my head against VM server?
> 
> I'm having a "Virtual isn't all it is cracked up to be" moment.
> 
> -Nate
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