> Maybe I am off base with this one, but the research I did a while back > stated that the biggest bottleneck to vm performance was disk io conflicts.
That is definitely a big issue in a production environment, where you're more likely to be running multiple VMs. But in a developer's typical environment, that is going to be massively outweighed by the terribly slow access via USB 2 or Firewire. > I.e. if your vm lives on the same hd as your os and your programs they are > all competing to read and write at the same time. > > Having a separate hd, internal or external solves that problem. (i have an > external 7200 rpm firewire drive). A separate internal HDD definitely makes a big difference, but I can say from experience that the transfer speed of Firewire just isn't enough. I got an external eSATA drive, and that's sufficient, but I can't tell any significant difference (for me) from the internal SSD in my primary laptop (other than not having to store these giant files on my limited internal space). Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:335991 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
