Like really really slow.
I’ve got a 64 bit, 8 cores, 12 gig ram windows 7 host. I gave 4 cores and 4 gigs of ram to a 64 bit windows 7 virtual machine within which I am trying to run visual studio 2010 (and sql server – but that’s it).
It worked for a few days but then the resource usage went off the charts – near 100% CPU at all times. I turned off windows 7 visual effects and it dropped immediately to normal levels. However any time I try to do anything in visual studio it spikes right back up.
Does anyone with a similar rig have a similar experience? I know people have pulled this set-up off successfully and have been very happy with it so I’m wondering if I just have a bad configuration somewhere.
Found a clue here.
It would seem that virtualbox 3.1.4 (my current version) freaks out when you tell it to use more than one CPU on windows 7. I set it to use 1 CPU instead of 4 and resource usage went back to normal.
Hope they fix this soon.