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    M1530 & Microsoft Hyper-V

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by compnetbobby, Aug 25, 2009.

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    compnetbobby Newbie

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    I was wondering if anyone has this laptop running Microsoft Hyper -V and has virtual Server 2008 machines. I have a customer looking for a high end laptop and this guy looks like it will fit the bill but he needs it to run multiple operating systems. Any input or user experience would be greatly appreciated.


    thanks!
     
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  2. DFI Fan

    DFI Fan Notebook Evangelist

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    I've never run Microsoft Hyper-V on it, but I have run VMWare Workstation on it. There is no reason it shouldn't be able to run Hyper-V. I'd recommend going with something with 8GB of RAM (4GB bare minimum) if he is going to be running many virtual machines. Also make sure the CPU has Virtualization Technology Support, which improves the performance of virtual machines.

    One question though...why would you get a laptop for this job. I would think a desktop would be better. Also I think you should look at Dell's business laptops instead. Look at the Workstation class notebooks and the Latitudes.
     
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    compnetbobby Newbie

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    This particular laptop has the Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB 2M L2 Cache). He is not running anything on the server, it is strictly for instructional purposes. Any idea if this processor supports Virtualization ?
     
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    nm, it does
     
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    DFI Fan Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah it does. If he's not running anything on the virtual machines it should be plenty powerful enough assuming he has enough RAM to run the VMs.
     
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    Get the max RAM he can afford, get a proc with the largest cache within the budget, and DON'T use vista as the host.

    The bottleneck would be the slow FSB and slow RAM, compared to a desktop with a similar budget.
     
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    Can this laptop take over 4gb ram?
     
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    Most likely not, if it is an older one like mine, with Santa Rosa chipset it can only support 4GB max. I think I did see Dell selling some M1530s toward the end of its life with a newer chipset that supported up to 8GB. But considering what CPU he has in it, then I'd say it is an older one and only supports 4GB of ram. Still, 4GB of RAM might be plenty. I can run Windows 7 host, with a Windows 2000Pro guest (512MB of RAM), Ubuntu Guest (512MB of RAM), and Windows 98SE (128MB of RAM) guest at the same time easily with 4GB of RAM.

    Figure 512MB of RAM for each 2000/XP VM, 1GB min for each Vista/Server 2008/Win 7 VM, and 512MB for each Linux VM.
     
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    BenUK Notebook Consultant

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    It wasn't a change in chipset. As far as I know all M1530s are Santa Rosa

    It was the A12 BIOS revision that enabled support for more than 4Gb RAM in the M1530. So as long as you have that version you can install up to 8Gb
     
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    Really? Nevermind then, for some reason I thought it was hardware limited to 4GB of RAM.
     
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    awesome, we will update the bios if we need more than 4gb's, thanks!
     
    compnetbobby, Aug 25, 2009
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    I'm currently running this setup with Win7 and it's Virtual PC. I'm able to host all my virtuals in it. The only reason I can see going with W2K8 as the OS w/Hyper-V is for the 64-bit guest OS. I haven't had time to set that up but I'd love to hear how yours goes. - M
     
    mmukalian, Aug 28, 2009
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