[ale] vmware and memory allocation

Calvin Harrigan charriglists at bellsouth.net
Thu Aug 25 13:33:01 EDT 2011


You are probably using task manager to view memory usage.  Try using 
Resource Monitor instead.  Just type "Resource Monitor" in the "Search 
program and files" box on the start menu.  That will give you a more 
detailed view of what's going on in the system.  Alternatively in task 
manager you can click on the menu bar view->select columns, then select 
all the memory related columns.


On 8/25/2011 11:43 AM, Narahari 'n' Savitha wrote:
> Friends:
> Thank You all for your time.
> ====================================
> Host Windows 7 Enterprise Edition.
> Mem on host 12GB
> Mem allocated to VMWare Workstation 8GB.
> VMWare version 7.1
> Also use VMPlayer at times.
> ============================
> Java Env
> Websphere 32 bit edition developer edition
> MyEclipse Blue 9.0 Xms and XMx settings are 256m and 768m for the vm
> that runs myeclipse.
> ====================================
> When I look on the host machine I always see at the most 38Meg of RAM
> being consumed by the VMWare Workstation.
> Why doesnt VMWare workstation take the 8GB given to it ?
> Can we set something in VMWare workstation to say take all the me at
> once so you can distribute it to the processes running under you ?
> What else can I do to make the VMWare use the memory more effectively ?
> One last question, Will Virtual Box provide better experience and will
> it run in 64 bit mode ?
> -Narahari
>
>
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