Virtual WHS?

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nitrobass24

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Does anyone here run WHS in a VM? If so I wanna hear what you have to say about it.
Why do you do it?
Do you use direct disc access?

How are you doing it? Server08, VMware, Vbox, VirtualPC etc.?
Are there any downsides?


I have a license for 2008 Enterprise, and I want to utilize some of its features such as hyper-v and AD.
But I can only have one server right now because of my budget.
So I thought I could have an 08 box and run WHS as a VM.
I really LOVE WHS as most of you know, I have been a huge proponent of it since it was a beta product.
And I am not about to give it up, because I love the Backups, and the ease of remote access that it provides.

So what do you guys think?
 
I also plan to do this end of the year and would like to get some personal insight on it.
 
Interesting idea.
But I never really understood peoples obsession of running VMs.
 
I cant afford to build a dedicated box, and I have a box that is plenty powerful.

But does anyone do this with WHS? I know somebody has to.
 
i run a virual WHS using VMware Server 2.0. I have the datashare on a highpoint 2220 with 2.5TB from 750gb drive Running 4gb of RAM and a AMD x4 9600.

i have vista ultimate (soon to be W7) so that it can record TV via VMC and share the content over the network. and backup my WHS datashare to external HDDs and move my WHS to other PCs when i am working on my server
 
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