Virtual Machine Performance

[sebastien calvignac]

Hi,

 

Im wondering how much performance i can expect to loose when running a VM. I basically want to have a VM run a server and TeamViewer (so that someone can have control of the server while im sleeping). The resources needed for the server is comparable to a minecraft server running about 10 people. Even though i trust the person that will be controlling the server i still want to know what the difference would be.

 

My desktop will be something like this: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nmD4Jx                                            

 

though i will probably take off the hdd and add another ssd for raid 0, and i can also add ram if necessary.

 

Let me know what i should expect in terms of performance and let me know if you have any recommendation for a vitual machine or maybe something to replace the teamviewer if you got anything better.

 

Thank you in advance for any help and please forgive my noobness im new to this sort of stuff.

[TheRunningOtaku]

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What's the hardware you're running? Sorry, your post was rather vague.

I don't know much about VMs, but if it's a Pentium D, I wouldn't want to waste any CPU performance on anything. 

I'd suggest SSH for remote-controlling your machine. A SSH will grant you access to the machine as if you were actually there, and can be accessed from a multitude of devices - another PC, your android phone, etc etc.

[sebastien calvignac]

What's the hardware you're running? Sorry, your post was rather vague.

I don't know much about VMs, but if it's a Pentium D, I wouldn't want to waste any CPU performance on anything. 

I'd suggest SSH for remote-controlling your machine. A SSH will grant you access to the machine as if you were actually there, and can be accessed from a multitude of devices - another PC, your android phone, etc etc.

my bad forgot to put the part list

[snoopy6489]

Why dont you build a server pc. 

[sebastien calvignac]

Why dont you build a server pc. 

because my budget is limited so every cent i spend on a server pc is a cent i dont spend on my main rig.

[snoopy6489]

because my budget is limited so every cent i spend on a server pc is a cent i dont spend on my main rig.

you could buy a cheap pc like this.

http://www.asus.com/us/EeeBox_PCs/

[kerberos]

It works great. with the right cpu speed and core and a good amount of RAM, it should be fine. Some companies even use vmware as servers. But I wouldn't trust anyone to control your pc especially while you're asleep :lol:

[sebastien calvignac]

It works great. with the right cpu speed and core and a good amount of RAM, it should be fine. Some companies even use vmware as servers. But I wouldn't trust anyone to control your pc especially while you're asleep :lol:

haha, thats the whole point why i want to use a VM its so that he only have access to the VM and not my computer. I think i will simply test and find out that way.

 

Thanks for the help everyone !

[Louis54000]

Hyper-V is better for Windows environment imo, it's faster, can work in background and has really fast networking (on vmware there was a glitch, I had low transfer rate between vm and host, I now get full gbps with the vm).  

[LucaZ]

Lol. Network overload?

[sebastien calvignac]

Hyper-V is better for Windows environment imo, it's faster, can work in background and has really fast networking (on vmware there was a glitch, I had low transfer rate between vm and host, I now get full gbps with the vm).  

ill make sure i check that out. Thank you !