John Bartow
john at winhaven.net
Thu Sep 15 14:02:50 CDT 2011
Probably Virtual PC (Microsoft) or VirtualBox ( Oracle - was Sun) I use both and both are fine. -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 1:20 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Ram Usage 2-3 years back I did some virtual machines using a piece of software that I referred to by this list. But can't remember the name. It was free and very simple and effective. R -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: September 15, 2011 11:02 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Ram Usage A couple of points. AFAIK, vSPhere os commercial and doesn't have a free version. Bare bones VMs are usually restricted to running on certified components, you can't normally run them on comsumer workstations. -- Stuart On 15 Sep 2011 at 9:16, Arthur Fuller wrote: > I'm growing dizzy with all these alternatives. I currently have > downloaded and installed VMPlayer. Perhaps I ought to have gone with > VM vSphere instead? I do like the concept of a bare-metal-build, that > would seem the obvious way to go: VM is the bottom layer, atop which > resides all my other installations. But first I think I'll need to > beef up my RAM. I am suffering the limits of a mere 3GB of RAM at the > moment. I really need to kick that up. > > A. > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 7:06 AM, Gustav Brock <Gustav at cactus.dk> > wrote: > > > Hi Mark > > > > What is "VMWare vSphere free version"? > > We use the free VMware Server extensively, it even runs the two DCs. > > > > At workstations with Win7, we use the free XP Mode for running old > > apps. It works very well too. > > > > /gustav > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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