Running KVM/XEN/Hyper-V VMs from a RAM disk, is this possible? Practical?
- by Ausmith1
Currently I'm using ESX (v3 and v4) to test a scripted OS (Windows 2003) and application install DVD. The DVD ISO (8GB) is mounted on a 1Gbps NFS datastore and the VMDK's (20GB) are on an SSD mounted via NFS over a 10Gbps link.
It still takes a lot longer than I'd really like for to run through a test iteration and I'm wondering if mounting the…