February 25, 201016 yr Sorry for dredging up a year old topic, but couldn't find my answer in any searches or reading through other VMWare related topics. The computer that I am going to turn into my unraid server is currently running windows XP and hosts my automation software (Cinemar's MainLobby). I was going to put this on another computer when I converted this current one over to unraid, but if I can run both on the same PC using VMWare, that would save me some money in both computer components for a new PC and electricity. My question is what would be the best way to go about this? 1. Install VMWare on my current Windows XP system then run unraid in the VMWare window 2. Install VMWare on unraid then run my current XP setup in the VMWare window Are both of these possible? What are the pros and cons of each? thanks, Murray Anybody have any ideas? By working through the hard part of getting vmware running on unRAID you provide the ability for compartmentalizing your home automation and moving it from one machine to another by copying the virtual machine. For me it has saved me re-installing XP a few times. I created specific instances of XP to do compartmentalized tasks (I.E. video ripping, encoding). Then as CPU's get faster or I upgrade my linux machine, I move the virtual machine without having to reinstall XP, all the software and settings. Helps me out in the long run. I'm still wondering if it's possible to use ESX and run XP & UnRAID side by side. Just have not had the time to test it.
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