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?) This is different from the other frequently discussed topic on the Internet: "could I use the same harddisk partition that I use to dual-boot to run as virtual machine harddisk image?" This topic should have been discussed before but it is difficult to google. What keyword can I use to google? "use harddisk as harddisk image" gives 100 pages of unrelated topic. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org