On Saturday May 30 2009, Zhang Weiwu wrote:
Hello. I am just thinking, from the experience that Microsoft SQL can make use of a harddisk instead of database file as storage of database and improve performance, could virtual machine software make use of a separate harddisk instead of a disk image to improve its performance? I could equip it with SCSI harddisk or SSD harddisk to further improve performance.
If it is possible, which virtual machine emulator could do that? (vmware?)
VMware supports it. I use it for my Windows XP. In fact, Windows XP sees a whole drive in what is actually a single partition of one of my physical drives. It's bit odd, but it works fine. To wit: # file -s /dev/sda2 /dev/sda2: x86 boot sector, Microsoft Windows XP MBR, Serial 0x44c644c5; partition 1: ID=0x7, active, starthead 1, startsector 63, 41929587 sectors # fdisk /dev/sda2 Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sda2: 21.4 GB, 21476206080 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2611 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x44c644c5 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda2p1 * 1 2610 20964793+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
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