With 1GB of ram you can barely run windows, you really should not be running any VM's. VMs will require a lot of CPU and ram, probably at least 512MB for windows in a vm to run comfortably plus the apps that you need on it. VMs will also eat up a lot of CPU cycles if the CPU doesn't support Virtualization Extensions.
I don't know how things are in Australia, but here in US, you can have ram for pretty much free after rebate, or a few bucks. You really shouldn't be running all of that stuff with less then 2GB of ram, and at least 3GB or 4Gb is recommended. Russ > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Kear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 12:35 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Any 'gotchas' with two versions of CF on one machine? > > This machine is pretty skimpy on the RAM. I thought 1GB would be > plenty when i bought it, but i found when i had CF, SQLServer, Apache, > Anti Virus, Outlook, Dreamweaver, and a couple of browsers etc all > going at once it slowed down to a crawl. > > Will setting up VMs make that situation worse? (yes i know the answer > is to get more RAM, but my Chairman of Finance reckons fixing the > brakes on the car and new curtains in the living room take priority.) > > When you switch from one VM to another, does it put the unused machine > to sleep and release it's RAM for use by the other machine? > > Cheers > Mike Kear > Windsor, NSW, Australia > Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer > AFP Webworks > http://afpwebworks.com > ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month > > On Dec 11, 2007 4:28 PM, Mark Mandel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why not just setup 2 VMs? one with CF7 and one with CF8? > > > > You can even have them share the same codebase with shared folders. > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:294492 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
