[dundee] Virtualisation, any wise words?

[gordon dunlop]

Chris, one thing I forgot to mention is that Virtualbox has not got the
SCSI support that VMWare server has (it is swings and roundabouts
between the two). Best to try both to see which is best for using an
external USB (Sata) drive if your are not intending to use your laptop
hard disk.

Gordon


James Young wrote:
>
> Andrew just posted up.  Yep eSATA is good; ideally dumping a pcmcia
> firewire/ esata in there will significantly improve performance.  I'd
> use www.span.com as I've used these guys in the past and what they do
> know their disks.  If you must stick with USB2 go for a disk with the
> most cache you can.  A nice enclosure and a seagate 7200.11 with 32mb
> cache.  Actually, eSata is so good that even your FCAL drives can't
> look at maxing the bus out.   I'm thinking esata is about hybrid drives.
>