John, That is exactly what I do with my classes. Because they may be running up to 5-8 virtual machines, I started using dynamic allocation and it worked out fine. I only run into problems when more than three machines are running at the same time. We use it for doing lab assignments on various operating systems and for networking labs.
Gerry On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 4:07 PM, John A. Wallace <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello, Gerard. So my thoughts were to start with a minimum sized dynamic > file for the installation and to allow it to grow as need be, rather than > using a large fixed size virtual disk. Have you had any experience with > that scenario? Thanks.**** > > ** ** > > John**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* Gerard Arthus [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Sunday, April 15, 2012 9:40 AM > *To:* Community mailing list of VirtualBox users > *Subject:* Re: [VBox-users] VirtualBox and Windows Server 2008**** > > ** ** > > John, > > I use Virtual box in most of my classes. All of the students are running > windows 2008 server with no problems. I never use those tools from > Microsoft, they were not necessary. The requirements are pretty straight > forward and the HAV tool is a waste and you never know what kind of other > information they are collecting about your machine. My studenst use both XP > and 7 for the host OS and I have never had any problems. I run guest > machines for windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP and 7, along with various Linux > types, BSD, Solaris, DOS, OS2 and React OS. Never had problems on any of > the student's machines or mine. Good luck. > > Gerry**** > > On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 9:18 AM, John A. Wallace <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > Hello. I have not used any virtualization product before, but I would like > to try VirtualBox. I have looked over the online user manual and found > nothing glaring out as problematic. I also looked at a couple of reviews to > get a sense for the pros and cons and for the system requirements, and > still I have seen no reason not to proceed with this choice of > virtualization. If anything, I am more encouraged after looking over the > initial documentation and reviews. **** > > **** > > My hardware appears to me to be adequate. I downloaded the HAV detection > tool from Microsoft available here: > https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=592. According to > its analysis, my machine is capable and enabled with HAV. I intend to use > Windows XP as the host and Windows Server 2008 as the guest. If there is a > special guide related to this procedure or any other considerations, please > advise. I welcome any pointers you can provide. Thank you.**** > > **** > > John**** > > **** > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. > Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. > Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 > _______________________________________________ > VBox-users-community mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community**** > > > > > -- > Gerard Arthus > > **** > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. > Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. > Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 > > _______________________________________________ > VBox-users-community mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community > > -- Gerard Arthus
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