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AltocumulusLeft field question - rMBP late 2013 and VMWare for LTM-VEs?
Anyone have any experience with the Late 2013 Macbook Pros and using Fusion to install virtual LTMs? Im debating on the dual core vs quad core? Parrallel vs Fusion? Any general recommendation?
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THiNimbostratus
I have 13" mid 2012 MBP 2.9GHz Core i7 (dual core) w 16 GB RAM and OS X Mavericks.
Haven't been able to run LTM VE on Parallels -does not work. On Fusion it works fine. As well as on VirtualBox. Runs quite ok w 8GB+ RAM for the hypervisor, 6GB+ of it for the VE; then you can provision LTM + one module (e.g. using VE Lab) using TMOS v 11.4.1. Some room left for a couple of apache instances for lab testing/demoing.
--THi
What_Lies_Bene1Cirrostratus
I've no personal experience but I believe Fusion is preferred these days, according to 'friends in the know'.
simon_hamilton-Cirrus
++ more RAM is better and more important than CPU cores. Fusion is the way to go.
fubarSUSHIBeing a little ignorant... I do plan to get max ram either way (16gb) but the true difference is the quad core vs dual core. Any thoughts?
- simon_hamilton-
If you can afford the quad then get it - but when I run Fusion and a Win 7 / BIG-IP / or whatever VM I don't see my CPU as a bottleneck at any point. The only thing that maxes the quad core out is media encoding.
- VFBcan any of you guys using fusion show me your network adapter settings? i'm only able to access my VE's via the management IP and not the external. I've allowed 443 on the external interface. This was working just fine for min with vmware player in windows and now i'm seriously stuck with my mac and fusion. any help would be great.
