I will say you should def try for at least 1GB ram, I have great success with Ubuntu Server (vanilla and 64bit) in vmware and virtualbox.
I've had mixed success with it on windows VM's. Zate On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 4:31 PM, PJ McGarvey <[email protected]> wrote: > I use the Nessus Applicance with the Professional Feed running in > VirtualBox on top of a BackTrack 4 install. I scan a Class C on a Dual Core > laptop with about 3GB Ram and I can't say I notice any performance issues. > > PJ > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 07:16:13 -0500 > Subject: [Pauldotcom] Nessus In a VM > > > Greeting All, > > I have heard Paul talk about using Nessus in a VM many times, and I know > that if you run Nessus in a VM you eventually run into limitations of the > VM software. Can you tell me what the limitations are. The three > computers I will be running Nesuss in a VM all have Quad Core CPU with at > least 8 GB of RAM. So there should not be an issue of hard that could > support Nessus if installed directly on the system. > > > Thanks, > > Cody > > ------------------------------ > Note: This message and any attachments is intended solely for the use of > the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain > information that is non-public, proprietary, legally privileged, > confidential, and/or exempt from disclosure. If you are not the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, > distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If > you have received this communication in error, please notify the original > sender immediately by telephone or return email and destroy or delete this > message along with any attachments immediately. > > _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web > Site: http://pauldotcom.com > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >
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