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On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 7:26 AM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Vbox seems to be coming last by quite some margin in the intel tests! I also |
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> read this article and it looks that vbox is thankfully doing better on AMD; |
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> but there are differences in the versions and kernels used between the two |
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> articles: |
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Yes, but it didn't seem relevant to your usecase, so I didn't lead |
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with it. I was just hoping you might consider it at some point as an |
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alternative to VirtualBox, as it is fairly complete at this point |
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(though sans memory snapshotting, which is a useful feature I had not |
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considered - I had been doing pretty well with disk snapshots). |
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I originally researched virtualization with an eye to making it usable |
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on a laptop/notebook. In this regard VT-x/VT-d with KVM give you |
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usable battery lifespan and let you use less powerful hardware. |
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Implication: You might not need the workstation to do your testing, |
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depending on what testing you do. Something to consider for the |
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future. I was elated to find I did not need to tie myself to a beefy |
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machine to do what little Windows/.NET development I indulge in. |
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Containers and such definitely sound interesting; I had been avoiding |
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Linux VMs for the longest time due to the overhead. The alternatives |
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sound rather light so I might reconsider. |
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