Vista - Visual Studio 2008 slow in VPC

I am doing most of my development work now in VPC or VMWare. However I
think VS 2008 runs very slow in a virtual environment. Compiling,
debugging etc runs a LOT slower compared to a non-virtual environment
(or perhaps more correctly in a non-virutal environment with dual CPU
cores). VS 2005 feels faster than 2008.

I guess one reason might be that VS 2008 is doing more background work
which will slow done things when only utilizing one core. Not to mention
that my usual environment involves client+web service + sql server which
is a tough on a single cpu.

Is there anything you can chnage to make VS runs better in a virtual
environment? Other than the usual stuff, turning off everything you
don't need, vhd on a fast disk, defrag etc. I am using hardware assisted
virtualization also.

One option is maybe running VMWware and setting up a VM using two cpus,
hoevwer I have seen recommendation not doing so when you have only 2
physical cpus/cores.

"Magnusb" <magnusb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:MPG.242111ee25bdb7a49896a0@xxxxxxGive the VM as much memory as you can.

Tom Dacon
Dacon Software Consulting

In article <eGJoDkqoJHA.3876@xxxxxx>,
tdacon@xxxxxx says...Don't think the problem is memory. The VM I am currently using has 1.4
GB RAM assigned and only ~700 MB is used.

Maybe it is disk access (heavy disk access when compiling/debugging
etc). Perhaps should try to use a fixed disk size instead of dynamic.

On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:49:37 +0100, Magnusb <magnusb@xxxxxx> wrote:
If it is indeed a disk problem then your best bet is to move the
virtual disk file on the host to a separate disk, possibly one only
used for the virtual machine.
When I say separate disk I do mean separate. A different partition on
the same physical disk is not separate, it still uses the same
spindle, disk surface and read arm and these are the bottlenecks.

Get yourself a USB or FireWire connected external drive and put the
VHD file on this. Then the main C: disk accesses by the operating
system are not going to be hindering the accesses in the VHD.

--

Bo Berglund (Sweden)

In article <g42lr4pte1alr3287nse6cn8a0oa3gfahe@xxxxxx>,
boberglund@xxxxxx says...I do have my VHD disk on an external USB drive. All programs etc is on C
drive so it is only used for VDH disks and archiving.

Hi,

Could you please let me know how to install vs 2008 in VPC 2007 .

I am stuggling to do it. I get a Setup failed message whenever i try.


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