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VMware ACE Administrator’s Manual
Host System Requirements for VMware
ACE Manager
What do you need to get the most out of VMware ACE Manager? Take the following
list of requirements as a starting point. Remember that the virtual machines running
under VMware ACE Manager are like physical computers in many ways — and, like
physical computers, they generally perform better if they have faster processors and
more memory.
PC Hardware
Standard PC
500MHz or faster compatible x86 processor (recommended; 400MHz minimum)
Compatible processors include
Intel®: Celeron®, Pentium® II, Pentium III, Pentium 4, Pentium M (including
computers with Centrino™ mobile technology), Xeon™ (including “Prestonia”)
AMD™: Athlon™, Athlon MP, Athlon XP, Duron™, Opteron™
For additional information, including notes on processors that are not
compatible, see the VMware knowledge base at www.vmware.com/support/kb/
enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=967.
Multiprocessor systems supported
Experimental support for AMD64 Opteron, Athlon 64 and Intel IA-32e CPU
Memory
Enough memory to run the host operating system, plus memory required for
each guest operating system and for applications on the host and guest; see
your guest operating system and application documentation for their memory
requirements
256MB recommended, 128MB minimum
Display
16-bit display adapter recommended; 8-bit display adapter required
Disk Drives
150MB free space required for basic installation
At least 1GB free disk space recommended for each guest operating system and
the application software used with it; if you use a default setup, the actual disk