Hi Joseph, I'd always recommend running an SSDs. We put our VMs on our SSDs as well (we generally give each VM a 100GB virtual disk, which takes up less than 100GB of real space) but disk space isn't a huge concern for us because we keep are large data on a fileserver.
Video drivers are slower on VMs generally I have found, but maybe Alan Fregtman has a real solution to that as well. :-) Best regards, Ben Houston On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES] <[email protected]> wrote: > Ben, > > Thanks, that’s sounds promising. Do you know if there are any particular > hardware configuration requirements? I guess the thing I'm most concerned > with is hard disk capacity and speed. > > -- > Joey Ponthieux > LaRC Information Technology Enhanced Services (LITES) > Mymic Technical Services > NASA Langley Research Center > 6 E. Taylor St. > B1244 R216A MS254 > Hampton, VA, 23681 > Phone: 757-864-6754 > EMail: [email protected] > www.mymic.net > __________________________________________________ > Opinions stated here-in are strictly those of the author and do not > represent the opinions of NASA or any other party. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ben Houston > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 9:40 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: VM-Ware > > I find that Softimage and other 3D apps work well in VMs when the VM is > running a Windows OS. But I've had no success running Softimage and other 3D > applications in a VM when it is running Linux. > > These days I prefer VirtulaBox over VMWare, but that is a personal preference > thing. > > Best regards, > -ben > > On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Ponthieux, Joseph G. > (LARC-E1A)[LITES] <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi yall, >> >> >> >> I’m interested in knowing if anyone is successfully using Softimage, >> and in general all other CGI apps you might be using, in a VMWare >> instance? If so are there any caveats one should be aware of? >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Joey Ponthieux >> >> LaRC Information Technology Enhanced Services (LITES) >> >> Mymic Technical Services >> >> NASA Langley Research Center >> >> __________________________________________________ >> >> Opinions stated here-in are strictly those of the author and do not >> >> represent the opinions of NASA or any other party. >> >> > > > > -- > Best regards, > Ben Houston > Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom > http://Exocortex.com - Passionate CG Software Professionals. > -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Exocortex.com - Passionate CG Software Professionals.
