VMWare and multiple winXP installations

Badgerpoo · 12 Jun 2008 at 16:32

I need to run lots, (maybe 10 or more) VM sessions of WinXP on a single machine. How would I go about making a windows installer that is both fast and as small as possible to install on these machines. What kind of performance am I likely to get from each session? They will need to run relatively low intensive software, but I am unsure how the performance will drop as I add virtual machines.

bledd · 12 Jun 2008 at 16:56

is it for home use?

could use nlite to strip all junk out, each install could be about 300-500 mb disc space used then

they'll need about 192/256 mb each to run half decently

Badgerpoo · 12 Jun 2008 at 18:39

Thanks, nlite looks pretty nifty, cant believe I havn't found it till now! Just creating a stripped windows installer now and will then create lots of VMs and see how the ol girl holds up...

Burnsy2023 · 12 Jun 2008 at 18:55

This may be obvious, but you do realise that you only need to make one VM and then you can copy that?

Burnsy

Badgerpoo · 12 Jun 2008 at 19:10

lol i didnt realise you could do that. Ok that makes sense and will be miles faster.