> 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.)
VMs require significantly more RAM, as each contains its own OS. > 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? This depends on what you mean by "switch". You can have multiple VMs running at the same time, with some (or all) in the background. You can even run VMware VMs in "appliance" mode, where they don't even show a console. In these cases, the VM will use memory and CPU time even when you're not looking at it. If you stop a VM when you're done using it, it won't use any resources at all. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:294512 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
