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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...
chirpa wrote:
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).
I did this with a Windows 7 machine, and it worked like a charm. Probably a little bit harder on a XP, though.
Also, Im VERY happy with the performance on my XP VM that i'm running on my PRO. This is outstanding!
One thing I dont have figured out yet is what backup strategy I should use. As I see, I have three options:
1. Use a Windows software running on the VM to clone or to backup vital parts of the VM
or
2. Take snapshots of the running VM
or
3. Use a script to shutdown VM, copy .vdi to safe location, start VM again.
Thoughts on this? Experience with snapshots?
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