Do I need 8 gig just to host virtual OS's?


  1. lister
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    Windows 7 Panasonic CF F9 (used to have CF F8)
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    Do I need 8 gig just to host virtual OS's?


    I am new to Virtual Box and was setting up openSUSE just to try it out.

    The wizard then seems to tell me that I must have 8 gig of space....

    Is that correct?

    Thanks!
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  3. Golden
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    Yep. Its the same with Vbox. Note its recommended space - best to follow the recommendation.

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  4. whs
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    I usually allocate 20GB. But since it is dynamically allocated (at least that is your choice), it does not really matter. It uses only as much as needed.
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  6. pparks1
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    The files always start out small and grow to a max of whatever you set. So, I usually set it to something like 60-80GB to ensure that I have enough space. It's rare they ever go over 5GB.
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  7. cdmoomaw
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    I would have to agree with whs on this one. In fact, when I first saw this thread title, i thought you were talking RAM, Which is my main issue with VMs
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  8. whs
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    i thought you were talking RAM, Which is my main issue with VMs
    Virtual Box works perfectly well if you give it 1GB of RAM - especially with Linux as a guest. I have done that on a system with a total of 3GB of RAM and am very happy with the performance of the Windows7 host and the Ubuntu guest.
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  10. cdmoomaw
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    Well, I Have Windows 7 as the guest, and I find myself having to close out apps just to free up that much. But I manage.
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