Thanks for the suggestion. I am just starting to work with Linux and will look into Linux/VM.
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Björn Helgason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My experience is that running Windows on top of Linux/VM will give a better > performance than running Windows native on the machine. > I installed Windows 2003/Exchange first native on a machine with 3000 mail > users. > Then I put Linux/VM on the machine and the the same Windows 2003/Exchange > first native on a machine with 3000 mail users on top of it and it was much > easier to manage and ran much better. > > 2008/9/4 Don Guinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Swapping is horrible in Windows! . . . > > > > > > > > > > > > > You can address this flaw using > > > Computer->Properties... > > > Advanced system settings > > > [Advanced tab, Performance] Settings... > > > [Advanced tab, Virtual memory] Change... > > > Custom size (radio button) > > > Set the initial size to be sufficiently large. > > > > > > It's a good thing that their user interface is so useful and > informative. > > > > > > When I get a new computer I first turn off swap, delete the swap file and > > create a new swap file with sufficient space so the swap file will not be > > fragmented. But the problem I am concerned about is when real memory is > > overloaded. I liked a system which wrote pages which had not been > > referenced > > for a while to the swap file at low priority. Then if more real memory is > > needed all that is necessary is to mark the virtual page as invalid; > > however, if the application references the virtual page before more real > > memory is needed, it is not necessary to read the virtual page back in. I > > don't think that Windows does this. It seems to wait until it needs more > > real memory before it writes pages to the swap file. > > > > > > > > > > > > But the real problem that Chrome still does not address is that no > one > > is > > > > really addressing the problem of software installations. It looks > like > > > > Google touches on it but doesn't solve it. When a new software > package > > is > > > > installed a cryptic message pops up in a box which the documentation > > > tells > > > > you to ignore and reply "allow". Until an operating system is defined > > > which > > > > does not allow any modifications to it even for device drivers, which > > at > > > the > > > > level it can do anything added software will always be able to add > its > > > hooks > > > > and do who knows what. > > > > > > I would think that Installing software on the underlying OS is an > > > underlying OS issue. > > > > > > I agree. What bothered me was that the cartoon strip implied that Chrome > > addresses this issue. It can't. > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Raul > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > -- > Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur > Fugl&Fiskur ehf, > Þerneyjarsundi 23, Hraunborgum > Po Box 127,801 Selfoss , > t-póst: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > gsm: +3546985532 > Landslags og skrúðgarðagerð, gröfuþjónusta > http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming > > > Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans > > góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum > /|_ .-----------------------------------. > ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | > ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | > / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | > ( -. | `-----------------------------------' > | ) | (\_ _/) > (`-. '--.) (='.'=) > `. )----' (")_(") > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >
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