Not surprised it struggles with 2.5g of ram :-) Regards, Andrew Scott http://www.andyscott.id.au/
> -----Original Message----- > From: Russ Michaels [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, 15 September 2010 11:10 AM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: An instance of CF 7, CF 8, CF 9 on single pc > > > that's the easiest option as long your machine has the power and diskspace > and probably better even to have just 1 VM to save cluttering up your > desktop pc with all those server apps auto starting and consuming your > resources and slowing it down. > If you have a single CPU this could be a bit slow though, I would suggest a > dual core as minimum. > > I run windows 7 64bit on my desktop with 8gb RAM and a quad core CPU, so I > don't really have any issues with running everything at the same time in > here, so no need for a VM, although I do keep an unbuntu VM to hand in > case I need it. > > On my laptop I have windows 7, a core2 mobile cpu and 2.5 gb ram. It > struggles a bit running a VM (prob due to the mobile cpu) and everything > runs fairly slow, so I prefer to just run Multiple instances of CF, railo, MSSQL, > MySQL etc in a STOPPED state and just start the services I need as and when I > need them. I do this with a batch file for each setup. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:337035 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm

