I do run 8G RAM on both my desktop and laptop. 1.5G on each OEL vm, 512M on the openfiler. On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 9:25 AM, Milen Kulev <makulev@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hallo Andrew, > > this is also my experience. The last VMWare Workstation version, on that I > was able to install shared disk was 4.5. > > On my Lenovo T60, with 3GB RAM, I can get only 2 VMWare WS running somehow > acceptably. The third VM (openfiler 2.3) > > is just creeping and the laptop is swapping. In this setup (2 Linux VM + > Openfiler VM) I am getting ~ 1-2 MB/sec read/write throughput (from VM to VM > ). The alternative with shared disk is much more acceptable (id the hardware > is inadequate). > > > > HTH. Milen > > > > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Andrew Kerber > *Sent:* Donnerstag, 17. September 2009 15:53 > *To:* dave > *Cc:* Freek.DHooge@xxxxxxxxx; sabdar.ocdba@xxxxxxxxx; Oracle List > *Subject:* Re: How to install Oracle 10g RAC on OEL Linux 5 using VmWare? > > > > Yes, I tried it once in VMware workstation, and it kept on telling me > clustering was not supported. Which meant it would not let you share one > drive between two workstations. > > You can do it in vmware workstation if you set up a 3rd workstation as the > NAS server. Like I said, I set it up in vmware workstation using 2 OEL > workstations, and 1 openfiler workstation. Its not too hard, and gives you > a much better feel for what a production RAC installtion is like. > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 8:37 AM, dave <david.best@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Yes, those instructions are for vmware server, not vmware workstation. > > Thats why I asked. > > Sorry didn't notice that.. Pretty sure workstation doesn't support > shared disks.. at least the version I used at the time I tested RAC > didn't. > > > > > -- > Andrew W. Kerber > > 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.' > -- Andrew W. Kerber 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'