[dundee] Virtualisation, any wise words?

[chris wyllie]

Thanks and thanks :)

On 04/10/2007, gordon dunlop <gordon at zubenel.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
> 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.
> >
>
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