> From: Bruce Ferrell [mailto:bferr...@baywinds.org] > > I'm testing something and with my vbox host installed under OS X 10.6.8, > with 8Gb RAM, I'm seeing the guest os can only be assigned 3584 Mb. > > On a Linux host with 16Gb installed, the guest can be assigned up to the full > 16Gb. > > Both instances of vbox are 4.3.6 > > Can anyone comment of this?
Not the answer you're looking for, but I have OSX with 8G of ram. I find that OSX is unstable if I assign more than 3G to the guest (and over a longer period, if I assign over 2G to the guest.) The reason seems to be: The OSX just simply has a crappy memory management system. Even if you clear the cache and stuff like that, problem persists until reboot host. (During the reboot, it's ok to sleep the guest and then wake the guest, to avoid being forced into rebooting guest) ... But I agree with you, even if it's not a STABLE configuration, you should be ABLE to assign as much memory as you want to the guest. Whatever amount of memory you assign to the guest, you must have that much FREE at the time of launching the guest. Or else the guest will fail to launch. So it *could* be, that 3584 is all the memory you have available at the time you create your guest. You might free up more by rebooting the host. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe
