[AccessD] Using a VM/VPC

Thanks John, that is useful - particularly the second example as I am not in
the range of 16mb.

Believe it or not, the problem I am now having is one of downloads.  I
cannot get a dowload of VirtualBox.  It keeps getting to 98% and hanging...

With Virtual PC (MS) I cannot find the download site.  Everything seems
geared to the new Windows 7 Virtual PC and I keep going in circles with the
various links.

GGrrrrr.

Thanks
Max


On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 11:12 AM, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>wrote:

> Pct of memory is going to depend on how much memory you have and what you
> are going to do with the
> VM.  For example I have a server which I use for running one specific piece
> of software multiple
> times.  This server is pretty much dedicated to that functionality.  I have
> 16 gigs of ram on the
> server and each VM requires about 3 gigs to run correctly.  Thus I give 3
> gigs to each vm for 12
> gigs total out of 16 gigs.  For this specific situation that is what is
> required.
>
> OTOH I have another VM which I run on my Vista development laptop.  Its
> function is to provide me
> with a Windows XP environment, running things like Office 2007 and express
> edition 2008 software -
> experimental stuff that I don't want affecting my dev environment.  For
> that VM I only give it a gig
> of ram (out of the total 4 gigs).
>
> You really have to first determine how much memory is required for the
> software run on the VM,
> including the specific OS run on the VM.
>
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
>
> Max Wanadoo wrote:
> > Any idea of what percentage of memory I should allocate to the VM
> systems?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Max
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart
> McLachlan
> > Sent: 26 July 2009 22:43
> > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Using a VM/VPC (was: Office 2003 and 2007)
> >
> > Personally I favour Sun VirtualBox.
> >
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