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vmware server vs vbox vs vmware workstation
Hi all
W7 x-64 host 4GB RAM dual core 2.3 ghz cpu.
Host CPU usage with 1 XP pro SP3 2GB Virtual machine running a file copy of a 2GB file. Host machine not running any other app.
Virtual Box 24%
Vmware workstation 19%
Vmware server 11%.
Now this shouldn't be taken as a rigorous benchmark but it does seem that Virtual Box tends to have more overhead than the other two applications -- I was running an I/O intensive application on the guest VM so the high overhead in Virtual Box might be due to the way the "Virtual I/O" subsystem is designed in VBOX.
I was rather surprised as my experience with SUN products is usually pretty good.
However it is a FREE and OPEN source product so it might not matter if you can afford the extra overhead.
Vmware server is great (and free) but a bit more complex to set up and use.
I expected the vmware server to have the least overhead as that's what it is designed to do unlike a workstation application.
Cheers
jimbo.