<p>I think we may be talking about different things. I thought the question was about using a virtual server rather than a dedicated one. It sounds like it is about using a virtual machine on a desktop.</p>
<p>In that case you are right that running the database on the host will work better than on the guest operating system. Some people are very attached to Windows though!</p>
<p>Graham</p>
<p>from my phone</p>
<p><blockquote type="cite">On 21 Dec 2010 23:49, "David Murn" <<a href="mailto:davey@incanberra.com.au">davey@incanberra.com.au</a>> wrote:<br><br><p><font color="#500050">On Tue, 2010-12-21 at 14:31 +0000, Nick Whitelegg wrote:<br>
<br>> Bear in mind though that many of us have...</font></p>Not entirely sure what you mean by 'for financial reasons', but I agree<br>
in part. I do wonder though, if youre using a windows host simply for<br>
financial book-keeping and a ubuntu database server as a guest, youve<br>
got things the wrong way around. Make your host ubuntu and windows your<br>
VM. This gets around the performance problems of running a database in<br>
a VM, and you will infact notice an inprovement with windows running in<br>
guest mode instead of host mode, as it will benefit from the caching<br>
available in ubuntu. Especially if the only reason you need non-ubuntu<br>
software is for financials, then youre better off having that running<br>
part-time in a VM and having your main system operation running as host.<br>
<br>
Unless you want to simply render once, dont care how long it takes to<br>
setup or complete, and then delete the whole renderer. If you expect to<br>
be using the setup more than once, a virtual machine is not the best way<br>
to go.. its not even 2nd best.<br>
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David<br>
</font><p><font color="#500050"><br><br>> While trying to load the whole planet or even the<br>> whole of a country like the UK might be di...</font></p></blockquote></p>