28 Nov
2020
28 Nov
'20
1:47 a.m.
On 2020/11/28 02:27 AM, Edward via tde-users wrote:
Although it's very easy to create a box using GB, VirtualBox (VB) has
more options. One thing I like about VB, is that there is an option to
make the box automatically expand its size on the disk, if needed. As
far as I know, the box size is fixed with GB when it's created. When I
created my boxes with VB, I set it to use 4GB of RAM and 20 or 25 GB for
the box size on the disk.
Hi Edward
if you plan to use an OS in a VB machine regularly, I strongly suggest you go for fixed
size preallocated disks.
Expanding size disks are slower and keep growing over time. Good if you want to do a quick
test of an OS.
But if you use it regularly, the fixed size is recommended.
Regarding speed, try out different options for the storage controller. I found SAS to be
way faster than SCSI or SATA in
the past and I see now there are even newer options.
Cheers
Michele
PS: debian + TDE works like a charm in VB VM :-)