virtualization Is my hardware good enough?

[ZcanKal]

I may be in way over my head here, I want to virtualize my computer into 2 computers, and I had a couple questions about the hardware and software behind it.
I have a 5800k APU and an R7 260x with 8 gigabytes of DDR3.  Is my hardware good enough for virtualization?
I'm not sure if you can split integrated graphics with dedicated graphics.
Do I need 2 separate operating systems on different drives or if 1 drive and a some virtual boxes?
How does one split USB ports between the different OS'?

Yes, you have my permission to call me lacking in knowledge about these things.

[lefudgelover666]

very underpowered for what you want to do

[Jurrunio]

You can use virtualization, but each machine will run at half the original speed, as if it wasnt slow enough

[ZcanKal]

I'm going to be honest here, it's the fastest computer I got for now.

[cj7s1]

Welcome to community of virtualization. 

 

for VM's you don't need several storage devices. You could have several Virtualized OS's on a single storage device, As most virtualization software such as VMware and VirtualBox create "virtual" storage devices on 1 storage device. Though if you want you can dedicate a whole storage device for each VM.

 

If you are looking setup you computer only for virtualization then I would recommend installing proxmox as it is open source and allows for advanced control over your virtual machines. This is not necessary by any means just allows more advanced control.

 

You can dedicate dedicated graphics devices to a specific VM if you are using a host OS that was made for virtualization and supports it.

 

USB pass though with physical devices to VMs is sometimes confusing and all depends on the software you are running. In most windows based solutions you can use the same keyboard and mouse for several VMs but USB WiFi adapters, storage devices, and sounds devices you have to choose weather you want it to be a host only device or chose the VM that it will be passed through to.

Edited December 9, 2017 by cj7s1

[ZcanKal]

13 minutes ago, cj7s1 said:

Welcome to community of virtualization. 

 

for VM's you don't need several storage devices. You could have several Virtualized OS's on a single storage device, As most virtualization software such as VMwarevirt and VirtualBox create "virtual" storage devices on 1 storage device. Though if you want you can dedicate a whole storage device for each VM.

 

If you are looking setup you computer only for virtualization then I would recommend installing proxmox as it is open source and allows for advanced control over your virtual machines. This is not necessary by any means just allows more advanced control.

 

You can dedicate dedicated graphics devices to a specific VM if you are using a host OS that was made for virtualization and supports it.

 

USB pass though with physical devices to VMs is sometimes confusing and all depends on the software you are running. In most windows based solutions you can use the same keyboard and mouse for several VMs but USB WiFi adapters, storage devices, and sounds devices you have to choose weather you want it to be a host only device or chose the VM that it will be passed through to.

Thank you for answering my questions.  I may have more questions in the future but for now, I'm just messing around for fun (yes, I do this for the heck of it.)

[cj7s1]

3 minutes ago, ZcanKal said:

Thank you for answering my questions.  I may have more questions in the future but for now, I'm just messing around for fun (yes, I do this for the heck of it.)

Feel free to message me for any questions you have.