How much memory is reserved for the Host?
sc...@mostlylinux.ab.ca
host? I have a workstation which had 256M of RAM, and allowed me to run 3 64M
VMWare guest machines. I added another 128M of RAM, expecting that VMWare
would then let me run 2 more 64M guest machines, but it only allows me to run
1 more. Setting the total reserved memory as high as 320M doesn't help.
Thanks.
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Bob G
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320MB is enough for the guests, but the documentation clearly states that
there's additional overhead, ranging from "a few megabytes to over 10
megabytes" per guest. At 5 X 64MB, you've hit the 320MB barrier already, so
your results are consistent with the documentation. Can you set reserved
memory any higher?
On a 512MB system, I can set it to 409MB for guests. As my host doesn't
require much, I do wish I could set it a bit higher, but it works well
within those parameters.
- Bob
Jeremy.
>On a 512MB system, I can set it to 409MB for guests. As my host doesn't
>require much, I do wish I could set it a bit higher, but it works well
>within those parameters.
I think if you pull up the Advanced pane and tell it to turn off both of
those checks, it'll let you try to do anything you want, including
configuring a VM with more memory than the host (a bad idea).
Yours,
Jeremy.
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sc...@mostlylinux.ab.ca
> 320MB is enough for the guests, but the documentation clearly states that
> there's additional overhead, ranging from "a few megabytes to over 10
> megabytes" per guest. At 5 X 64MB, you've hit the 320MB barrier already, so
> your results are consistent with the documentation. Can you set reserved
> memory any higher?
It won't let me set it higher than 327Mb, which still doesn't let me run 6
virtual machines. I guess I'll just have to live with it.
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Bob G
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> [...]
> It won't let me set it higher than 327Mb, which still doesn't let me run 6
> virtual machines. I guess I'll just have to live with it.
Consistent with the documentation, and 57MB for the host _is_ a reasonable
amount. I'd hate to starve it out!
Of course, with the price of RAM these days, throwing 512MB at the beast
isn't as bad as it used to be. For as much as I use VMware, that was a hell
of a lot less than the equivalent number of physical PCs.
The equally important question is how much the guests need. I've found that
I can run many (7-8) guests concurrently by figuring out exactly what each
needs and installing the minimal configuration required. Debian Linux is
particuarly frugal, both in memory and disk space requirements. I just have
to avoid loading X and other gadgetry when I really want to run a simple
mail server.
- Bob