Re: [amibroker] The Perfect (?!) AmiBroker Setup [ was Vista 64...]

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Dennis Brown schrieb:

> I believe my system is actually more reliable using virtualization  
> software (not that I have a choice).  I backup the entire virtual  
> machine to a RAID backup every night.   A couple of times, I have  
> messed up and recovery was as simple as "connecting" my backed up  
> virtual hard drive and copying back over the damaged file.  The VM  
> system that runs AB has the absolute minimum configuration for AB so  
> it is not that large to just back up the whole VM as opposed to say  
> the AB folder.  Since everything else I run is on Mac OS X it is  
> isolated from the usual Windows attacks.  I could actually have  
> several VM configurations of different AB setups on the same machine,  
> each in their own VM running side by side with all my general purpose  
> programs.
> 
> I would not discount VM setups as being potentially unreliable as they  
> actually offer more options for a robust setup.
> 
> I could say a few words about reliability in the mix and match world  
> of Windows, but I am to bigoted to be believed.  ;-)

I agree completely.

I do the same with just one difference: I use Linux 64 bit as host OS
instead of Mac OS X.

Much memory, 64 bit and several cpu cores are great for such a setup. I
use several virtual machines: one for internet surfing (linux), one for
email (linux), one for ms office documents (win2k), one for ab
development (win2k). And with templates for win2k and linux virtual
machines it is just a matter of a few seconds to create a new vm for
testing a new program or something else without any risk for the other
virtual machines.


Wolfgang


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