On a laptop, a USB 2.0 external drive works very well. Be sure to "safely remove..." the USB drive before unplugging it.Bottom line: if your host is a laptop or desktop, use VPC. If your host is a server in the datacenter, use Virtual Server....
We've just released updates to both Virtual Server and Virtual PC to give better support for Windows Server 2008 (and Vista SP1 and XP SP3). If you're running either solution, I'd recommend you upgrade to the latest. Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 with KB948515.msp New Host Support Wind...
We (Microsoft) also use Virtual Server in production - I posted up a blog entry a little while ago with some more details on that. It the question about resources and Virtual PC I wasn't quite clear on. For production use, Virtual PC is not supported - test and development only...
An existing virtual hard disk is a file on the host system that has been preconfigured within Virtual Server or Virtual PC and which can also be attached to and used in a new system. The build image approach takes a fresh copy of a configuration that has been constructed using deployment ...
Virtual machines are the backbone of cloud computing. When you create an EC2 instance in AWS or a virtual machine in Azure, the cloud service provider doesn't dedicate a physical server to the instance or virtual machine. Instead, it creates a virtual machine on a physical server. That virtu...
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SCSI support: Virtual Server provides SCSI support while Virtual PC does not. If you create a virtual machine with virtual SCSI disks on Virtual Server, the SCSI disks will be ignored if you move the virtual machine to Virtual PC. This can lead to negative consequences in many situations, fo...
There is no single answer to this question because it depends on the amount of installed RAM and on how much virtual memory that workload requires. If there is no other information available, the typical recommendation of 1.5 times the installed RAM is a good starting point. On s...
NVIDIA GRID™ Virtual PC (GRID vPC) and Virtual Apps (GRID vApps) are the virtualization solutions that deliver a user experience that’s nearly indistinguishable from a native PC. With server-side graphics and comprehensive management and monitoring capabilities, GRID future-proofs your VDI enviro...
Expand your hybrid cloud journey with IBM Power Virtual Server. Maintain the security and trusted, high performance of IBM Power while modernizing at your pace and price point on and off premises. Get the benefits of hybrid cloud with a consistent experience and connectivity to your Power infrastr...