Optimizing memory usage across multiple similar VMs

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Published on 2010-04-27T18:16:10Z Indexed on 2010/04/27 18:23 UTC
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Let's say I have four VM's open, each running an identical version of Windows. Under my current setup, the guest OS will be loaded into memory four times. Much of that is wasted space.

Using any VM host on the market, is there any way to consolidate that memory usage?

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