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Running VirtualBox VM host on ReadyNAS Pro
What is VirtualBox? So, I got bored while laundry was going... and decided to see how well a virtual OS would run on the Pro. My first choice of VM was VirtualBox, just cause I'm familiar with it a...
Thanks, updated to 2.1.4 Guest Additions.
So for the last few days, I've been using the VM as my daily machine. My laptop is just a thin-client, loading the RDP connection. At first, I was using the built in VRDP of VirtualBox. But I switched to using the virtual machine (Windows 2003) RDP server, this way I could send audio and stuff over the connection, and take full use of ClearType fonts, etc. I am very happy with the performance, it feels like it is the local machine (but lot faster than my laptop). Only thing that struggles is playing video in it, which is to be expected. But otherwise, having it run my daily needs (email, IM, web browsing), it exceeds my expectations. The roaming option is nice too, but I've always had that going via SSH+VNC before.
Next thing I am going to try is, converting the virtual guest from being an IDE drive to a SATA drive. Looks to fairly simple to do, and apparently the virtual SATA uses less CPU resouces, so should make the performance even better (http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic. ... 289#p36289).
So for the last few days, I've been using the VM as my daily machine. My laptop is just a thin-client, loading the RDP connection. At first, I was using the built in VRDP of VirtualBox. But I switched to using the virtual machine (Windows 2003) RDP server, this way I could send audio and stuff over the connection, and take full use of ClearType fonts, etc. I am very happy with the performance, it feels like it is the local machine (but lot faster than my laptop). Only thing that struggles is playing video in it, which is to be expected. But otherwise, having it run my daily needs (email, IM, web browsing), it exceeds my expectations. The roaming option is nice too, but I've always had that going via SSH+VNC before.
Next thing I am going to try is, converting the virtual guest from being an IDE drive to a SATA drive. Looks to fairly simple to do, and apparently the virtual SATA uses less CPU resouces, so should make the performance even better (http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic. ... 289#p36289).
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