VirtualIron is another solutoin out there - supposedly much cheaper than VMware. I don't have any more detail than that though!
Chris Brad Campbell wrote: > > > Sean Craig - enigmatis wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Has anybody on this list run VMWare and VirtualBox? I've (played with > > and) used VMWare since around 2000 - their earliest stuff, and find it > > quite a good product. However I do find it a bit heavy on my machine. > > That might not be so much a problem right now since I've got a lot more > > memory..... > > > > Why would I move to VirtualBox? > > Speed I believe is the main reason. Apparently virtualbox uses all sorts > of guest specific tricks > and techniques to reduce the number of required system calls and context > switches. I tried VMWare > and WinXP on this box and found it a bit quicker than Qemu, but not > quick enough to justify the > buggering about I had to do to get it installed/running, so I went back > to Qemu. > > Virtualbox is just *loads* faster subjectively. > > VMWare is solid and has been around for years. These guys seem a bit > newer on the block, but they > have some stunning ideas on how to speed up virtualisation that nobody > else seems to be doing yet. > > Brad > -- > "Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability > to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable > for their apparent disinclination to do so." -- Douglas Adams > > -- Christopher Saul Desktop Sales Manager Sun Microsystems SEE Mobile: +971 50 650 7041 Office: +971 4 366 2634 Ext: x12634 http://www.sun.com/software/sunray/community.jsp
