Subj : Re: WINDOWS 2008 62 bit Server with Win XP To : All From : GREG YOUNGBLOOD Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 07:12 pm Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2012 09:16:02 -0400 From: GREG YOUNGBLOOD To: MICHAEL PURDY Subject: Re: WINDOWS 2008 62 bit Server with Win XP Newsgroups: win.server.program Message-ID: <1352124962.32.1352106236@winserver.com> References: <1352106236.32.1352105713@winserver.com> X-WcMsg-Attr: Rcvd X-Mailer: Wildcat! Interactive Net Server v7.0.454.5 Lines: 88 Hello Mike I again have to say thanks! When I'm done I'll leave a note here on how I went about setting up Win 2008 Server 64 bit OS and the the Virtualbox Win XP 32 bit OS step by step. Smile and of couse I have to give credit where credit is due! Thanks again. Greg On 11/5/2012 4:03 AM, MICHAEL PURDY wrote to GREG YOUNGBLOOD: -> Greg -> -> Your definitely on the right path. -> -> I think for anyone with a requirement to run legacy Operating Systems or -> 8/16 bit application it is the best course to follow rather than looking -> for hacks or emulation software. -> -> Time permitting it would be worth you documenting your experience as it -> could assist other legacy door users and perhaps should be a tech note in -> Hectors knowledge base. -> -> Mike -> -> On 11/5/2012 3:55 AM, GREG YOUNGBLOOD wrote to MICHAEL PURDY: -> -> -> Morning Mike -> -> -> -> Right now it is on a single core xeon e server IBM but I will be moving it -> -> to a Dell Quad core poweredge server with 16 gigs of ram so I should be -> -> good to go there. -> -> -> -> The last thing I did last night was move the VM to another nic card so I -> -> will be testing that today and tomorrow. -> -> -> -> Thanks for the tips though, I fell a little better knowing I'm going in -> -> the right direction. -> -> -> -> Greg -> -> -> -> -> You can run VB on a single core with 4G Memory but put simply that -> -> isn't the target platform -> -> -> -> -> -> The assumption is that you will be running on a server (not desktop) -> -> with -> -> -> max RAM and at least a Quad Core+. A dual core will work but you -> -> would be -> -> -> limited to a very small number of Virtual Machines even in headless -> -> mode. -> -> -> -> -> -> You also want to make sure your Host OS is using a physically separate -> -> -> Network Interface Card to the Virtual Machines. When you start -> -> sharing the -> -> -> host NIC with the VM's it slows things down and potentially causes odd -> -> -> Windows TCP Stack problems. -> -> -> -> -> -> When you have the server hardware in place you can then fine tune the -> -> -> Settings for each of your VM's to reduce overhead and lag. -> -> -> -> -> -> I suggest you experiment as much as possible before moving everything -> -> to a -> -> -> production environment. -> -> -> -> -> -> Mike -> -> -> --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .