Running Windows in a virtual machine doesn’t have to mean sluggish performance. With the right tweaks—both inside Windows and at the virtualization layer—you can unlock smoother, faster operation.

VMware Workstation supports two mechanisms to create copies of VMs: full and linked clones. [Click on image for larger view.] A full clone makes an exact copy of the files that make up the VM. In ...

Recent hands-on tests show that GPU passthrough in Proxmox can make a Windows 11 virtual machine perform nearly as well as a native gaming PC, with single-player games and video editing running ...

The cloud service provider says the new class of virtual machines provides better performance and price-performance than Arm- and Intel-powered VMs from its top competitors. This is not the first time ...

I run CentOS 5.4 on a Dell T300 with a 3x1Tb RAID5 (PERC6) (extremely low budget here- and we need disk). I use CentOS' Xen + libvirt to run virtual boxes. The host disk performance looks good (I know ...

Here's a look at how the cloud leaders stack up, the hybrid market, and the SaaS players that run your company as well as their latest strategic moves. Encrypting data in and out of memory, as you ...

When I initially setup our VMs, they ran pretty quick. It has now been about a year and performance is not what it used to be. The measurable stuff seems to all be inline. The CPU is not getting hit ...