Re: Virtualbox performance issues

On Monday 15 September 2008 02:27:59 Gilles Gravier wrote:
Hi!

I recommend using the non open source edition. There are features that
aren't present in the OSE (RDP, which might not be useful to you, USB
which is VERY useful for me, SATA...).

Then, I recommend using a more recent build like 1.6.6 (2.0.0 is riddled
with bugs, 2.0.2 does a better job, but give'm a bit of time to clean it
up a bit).

Nowadays, when you install VirtualBox, you have the latest, matching
version of the host extensions... And the best way to install them is
directly in the menu that appears in the guest OS window menus.

Gilles

Keith Clark wrote:
I am running Virtualbox 1.5.6_OSE and am experiencing very poor
perfomance. I have 4 GB RAM installed and still my mouse is very
jerky and slow to respond and my desktop is limited to 800x600
resolution.

I have guest additions installed and it seems to really do nothing
that I noticed.

I'm looking for suggestions on what to try next. I've tried asking
the same question over at Virtualbox's sight and have gotten no
response at all, well except other users with the same issues.

Thanks,

Keith
Most of my VB experience has been with using WinXP as a guest. The biggest
penalty to performance I've seen is when WinXP is set to access shared folders
as network locations rather than as mapped drive lettters. If I attempted
anything that required a network call, WinXP would think for upwards of 30 sec
making it almost unusably slow.

This annoyance improved some thru 1.6, but after that, I gave up networking in
favor with mapped drives. Even with four mapped drives, WinXP/VB is pretty
snappy.
Paul

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