Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Tue Mar 18 00:03:25 CDT 2008
I do not think you can not open a ram-drive using memory outside the VM allocation. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 4:41 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] VMWare - Sharing a ramdrive on the host system I have not been able to do it. The host system ram drive is not considered a physical drive so I couldn't go that route. John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 5:23 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] VMWare - Sharing a ramdrive on the host system The simply answer to that is. yes. The maximum amount of memory is less than the amount for the VM... of course. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 9:30 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: [dba-Tech] VMWare - Sharing a ramdrive on the host system I am looking at running a VM where the software needs access to a ram drive on the host machine. Is this possible and how do I do it? John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com