ASP.NET and Virtual Machines

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re: ASP.NET and Virtual Machines

kjopc — Wed, 28 May 2008 20:38:49 GMT

I'm thinking of using Windows 2008 Server as my development workstation because I could (potentially) run more powerful virtual machines.

I could use info on the recommended PC hardware requirements to run Hyper-V as a workstation tool.

Ken

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re: ASP.NET and Virtual Machines

Tom — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:11:03 GMT

Ken,

You can get the requirements from the Release Notes:

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=120241

Remember RAM is a good thing for virtualization

re: ASP.NET and Virtual Machines

Chris Jones — Thu, 29 May 2008 06:02:25 GMT

We have just recently moved our development environment in house. We currently host approx 10 virtual machines on one host, obviously the box is beefy. It's got a terabyte raid 5 sata array, 8gb of ram and dual quad core processors.

We do asp.net development pretty much exclusively and have run into no major problems.

If you do have any questions let me know as well

re: ASP.NET and Virtual Machines

Saif Khan — Thu, 29 May 2008 07:47:06 GMT

Don't forget disk IO. Think of it as the "rear end"...when he locks up everything gets blue :)

re: ASP.NET and Virtual Machines

8bit — Thu, 29 May 2008 18:10:48 GMT

I'm running on Mac Leopard here with VMWare Fusion -- works like a champ. I'm on a Macbook 2.16 C2D with 2 gigs of ram.

re: ASP.NET and Virtual Machines

Tanner — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:07:40 GMT

My work environment could sure use some virtual machines to make life and development a bit easier to handle.

I look forward to your notes and findings, they will help me when it comes time to implement.

re: ASP.NET and Virtual Machines

Anthony Grace — Sat, 31 May 2008 02:15:22 GMT

VMWare Workstation... using VS 2008 and ASP.NET 3.5, etc. Working like a charm :-)

Hyper-V part 1

ASP.NET Debugging — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:29:22 GMT

So I have begun working with Hyper-V, see my previous post here .  And it is really quiet an easy

re: ASP.NET and Virtual Machines

kjopc — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:56:36 GMT

> You can get the requirements from the Release Notes:

It's easy to get the official list of pricey 64-bit name brand machines that support Hyper-V. However, I was thinking of saving money by buying a barebones system. It's hard to tell which processors are usable with Hyper-V.

re: ASP.NET and Virtual Machines

Tom — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:57:30 GMT

Kjopc,

Hyper-V requires an x64-based processor, hardware-assisted virtualization, and hardware data execution protection. The Windows Server catalog, which can be found at the Microsoft Web site (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=111228), lists systems that are certified for Windows Server 2008. Systems supporting the x64 architecture and supporting Hyper-V can be identified by the additional maker under the text “Certified for Windows”.