Packaging PC & VMs
Hi All,
Recently I joined a new company who still had packaging and test PC's as physically separate devices, i.e. no virtualization. I proposed to change this to a high-spec workstation and use virtual machines for packaging, testing, etc.
I've finally been given the go-ahead to order a high-spec workstation (HP) and was wondering if anyone has went through the same process and had any advice or gotchas to be aware of?
My initial thoughts are:
64-bit Dual Core processor
4GB RAM
2 x HDD's (one OS and second for pagefile, VM's etc.)
Thanks.
Recently I joined a new company who still had packaging and test PC's as physically separate devices, i.e. no virtualization. I proposed to change this to a high-spec workstation and use virtual machines for packaging, testing, etc.
I've finally been given the go-ahead to order a high-spec workstation (HP) and was wondering if anyone has went through the same process and had any advice or gotchas to be aware of?
My initial thoughts are:
64-bit Dual Core processor
4GB RAM
2 x HDD's (one OS and second for pagefile, VM's etc.)
Thanks.
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Posted by:
anonymous_9363
14 years ago
If you're going 64-bit (and presumably you'll opt for a 64-bit OS for the host) why stop at 4Gb? I'd bump that up to at least 8Gb.
Posted by:
kkaminsk
14 years ago
This might not fly but running VMs on a solid state drive is a very positive experience. I do it for my laptop but if I client is willing to spend some $$$ on their internal environment I suggest it. My opinion is that you can either pay me to do work or be cheap with the hardware and pay me to watch progress bars.
Posted by:
fritoz
14 years ago
Funny you should mention SSD's, I was configuring a workstation on HP's site and I saw one as an option, like you say pricey though over time a wise investment with the money saved.
How is your system configured? Is the SSD a separate drive specifically set aside for VM's or do you just have the single SSD only with OS, apps and VM's all running from it only?
How is your system configured? Is the SSD a separate drive specifically set aside for VM's or do you just have the single SSD only with OS, apps and VM's all running from it only?
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