Typical Configurations

The amount of memory and the size of hard disks vary for different guest OSs. Refer to the table below to learn the memory and hard disk values that are allocated to a virtual machine depending on the guest operating system that will be installed in it. Virtual hard disks for typical virtual machines are always created in the expanding format .

Guest Operating systems	RAM, MB	Video Memory, MB	Hard Disk, MB	Floppy Drive	CD/DVD drive	Network Adapter	Sound Device
Mac OS X	1024	16	64,000		*	*	*
Windows 7*	512	16	64,000	*	*	*	*
Windows Server 2008	512	16	64,000	*	*	*	*
Windows Vista	512	16	64,000	*	*	*	*
Windows XP	512	16	64,000	*	*	*	*
Windows 2003	512	16	64,000	*	*	*	*
Windows 2000	256	16	64,000	*	*	*	*
Other Windows	256	16	64,000	*	*	*	*
Red Hat Linux	512	3	64,000	*	*	*	*
SUSE Linux	512	3	64,000	*	*	*	*
Debian GNU/Linux	512	3	64,000	*	*	*	*
Ubuntu Linux	512	3	64,000	*	*	*	*
Other Linux	512	3	64,000	*	*	*	*
FreeBSD 6.x	256	16	32,000	*	*	*	*
FreeBSD 7.x	256	16	32,000	*	*	*	*
Other FreeBSD	256	16	32,000	*	*	*	*
Other Guest OSs	256	16	8,000	*	*	*	*

* - Windows 7 guest OS is supported experimentally.

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