I'm currently running 9 VM's off a laptop with 8GB RAM and 1xSSD! I don't even know the VM's are running most of the time as there is zero impact on performance back on the physical desktop so far.
Recommend Hyper-V rather than Virtual PC and setting up the switch manager to bridge with your NIC. Run DC, SCCM and rest on the VM's. On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 12:03 AM, Justin Chalfant < [email protected]> wrote: > I run my entire lab on a laptop (W530) I7 32 GB RAM. > > > > Like everyone is saying disk IO is the biggest factor for VM’s for sure. > I’ve got three SSD’s in the laptop and split the VM’s up across those. I > can run about 10 VM’s or so in the lab and the memory is the cap not disk > IO for me. > > > > Thanks, > > > > *Justin Chalfant* > > Premier Field Engineer – Configuration Manager > > Public Sector > > Microsoft Services > > > > Tel : (303) 846-2701 > > Email: [email protected] > > > > If you have any feedback about my work, please let either myself or my > manager Rusty Gray know at [email protected] > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Johan Arwidmark > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 23, 2014 4:26 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [mssms] SCCM LAB Preparation > > > > Run the DC, SCCM server, and a virtual routers as VMs on the physical host. > > > > These days VM performance are great, and it won’t go faster if you run > SCCM on the host directly. > > > > Using physical servers for anything but VM hosts and scale-out file > servers is a crime J > > > > / Johan > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Mike Dzikowski > *Sent:* den 24 september 2014 00:21 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [mssms] SCCM LAB Preparation > > > > Which ever route you choose regarding hardware, one thing I will recommend > is SSD's for your storage. I've used Western Digital Blacks before, and the > performance just can't touch SSDs when virtualizing things in your lab. > > Mike D- > > ------------------------------ > > From: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 23:59:28 +0200 > Subject: [mssms] SCCM LAB Preparation > To: [email protected] > > Hi All, > > > > I have a 16GB Desktop. Which I want to make it SCCM2012 LAB. > > > > earlier I used to enable the Hyper-v (OR) installaing the Microsoft > Virtual PC and inside that I used to create the Lab..... Where I feel > inisde VM always will be slow > > > > Now I want to setup a Lab like HostMachine / Base Desktop I want to make > it as SCCM Server and inside I want to enable the Hyper which I want to > host the DC(Domain Controler).. > > > > > > Or vise versa where base machine is Domain and inside after enable ign the > Hyper-V installaing the SCCM.. Suggest me which is the BEST option > > > > > > at the same time I want to get the internet on all machines(host machine > and inside the Hyper -V machines) > > > > Any Idea How i can achive this kind of setup. > > > > > > > > > >
