Using a ramdisk/ramdisc - makes my small win10 VM run like lightning!

Discussion in 'Installation and Configuration of Parallels Desktop' started by GarethP1, Nov 23, 2015.

  1. GarethP1

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    Might help someone...
    I run a small win10 VM (just 13Gb) by using a ramdisk on my imac (with 20Gb RAM) - means small VMs run like lightning!

    1. Create ramdisc - type into console...
    diskutil erasevolume HFS+ 'RAM Disk' `hdiutil attach -nomount ram://2097152`
    (where 2097152 is the size of the ramdisc - in this case 1024*2048*size in ramdisk in Gb - so this example is for a 1Gb ramdisc)
    2. Copy VM to ramdisc - but needs to be about 4Gb bigger than the VM)
    3. Run from there
    4. Don't forget to copy back - if required

    Remember this creates a very fragile but very fast VM - good for a v rapid throwaway test VM.)
     

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