64-bit for VM's?

We are going to host 3 VM's on a 64GB server. The host OS is going to
be some version of Windows. Does it have to be a 64-bit OS like
Win2k3?

Also: if 64-bit Win2k3 is used as host, do the VM's have to be 64-bit
OS as well? Is the RAM going to be partitioned into 2 GB for each VM?

Thanks for your help.

soup_or_power
Thu Jun 19 10:47:46 PDT 2008

On Jun 19, 1:10=A0pm, "soup_or_po...@yahoo.com"
<soup_or_po...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> We are going to host 3 VM's on a 64GB server. The host OS is going to
> be some version of Windows. Does it have to be a 64-bit OS like
> Win2k3?
>
> Also: if 64-bit Win2k3 is used as host, do the VM's have to be 64-bit
> OS as well? Is the RAM going to be partitioned into 2 GB for each VM?
>
> Thanks for your help.

Sorry I mistyped. Let me take another go...

We have a 6 GB memory requirement. The memory is going to be allocated
to 3 VM's equally i.e. 2 GB each.
The host OS for installing the VMWare is going to be some version of
Windows 2003. Since the memory is
going to be 6 GB (> 4GB) do we need a 64-bit Windows 2003?

Also, do the VM's have to be 64-bit IF the host has to be 64-bit
Windows 2003?

Thanks for your help

Danny
Thu Jun 19 11:30:54 PDT 2008

>We have a 6 GB memory requirement. The memory is going to be allocated
>to 3 VM's equally i.e. 2 GB each.
>The host OS for installing the VMWare is going to be some version of
>Windows 2003. Since the memory is
>going to be 6 GB (> 4GB) do we need a 64-bit Windows 2003?

You can use Windows 2003 Enterprise version. Consider using the /PAE switch.


>Also, do the VM's have to be 64-bit IF the host has to be 64-bit
>Windows 2003?

You can use Windows 2003 Standard edition.

hth
DDS



<soup_or_power@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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On Jun 19, 1:10 pm, "soup_or_po...@yahoo.com"
<soup_or_po...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> We are going to host 3 VM's on a 64GB server. The host OS is going to
> be some version of Windows. Does it have to be a 64-bit OS like
> Win2k3?
>
> Also: if 64-bit Win2k3 is used as host, do the VM's have to be 64-bit
> OS as well? Is the RAM going to be partitioned into 2 GB for each VM?
>
> Thanks for your help.

Sorry I mistyped. Let me take another go...

We have a 6 GB memory requirement. The memory is going to be allocated
to 3 VM's equally i.e. 2 GB each.
The host OS for installing the VMWare is going to be some version of
Windows 2003. Since the memory is
going to be 6 GB (> 4GB) do we need a 64-bit Windows 2003?

Also, do the VM's have to be 64-bit IF the host has to be 64-bit
Windows 2003?

Thanks for your help