On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:38:24 -0800 (PST), Andrew Meador
<andrew@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:
> I am considering building a new system and I'm trying to put
>together specs. I'm inclined to build a system with Intel Quad Core
>with either XP Pro 64 or Vista 64 and 8GB RAM. I want to run multiple
>VMs in VPC. Since VPC 2007 has a 64 bit version, will it access all
>available memory for allocation to guest OSs? For example, can I put
>8GB RAM in the host machine, run 4-32bit guest OSs with 1.5GB
>allocated to each? I know each 32bit OS could use the 1.5GB of memory,
>but that would hinge of VPC 2007 using a total of 6GB of RAM to
>distribute out to the VM's. Will this work? I have some stuff that
>could really benefit from giving the guest OS's at least 1GB of RAM
>and I would like to have them all running at times, while still
>allowing a good bit of RAM to stay open to the host OS. The only way I
>can see how to do that is with more than 4GB of RAM - thus the whole
>64 bit route.
>
> Thanks in adavance!
>
>Andrew
Yes, you can run your 4 VMs with 1.5GB each with a 64bit OS and VPC.
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Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/