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Question about required HD space and VMware

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declensionsone

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so, all I have is a 128 GB ssd.. with 60 gb free space left.

I want to set up 5 vmware bot sessions, what are some cost efficient ways to go about this? or do I have to purchase another SSD?

and how much space do i need for win7 ultimate 64bit + d3?
 
each one of my VM's are taking up 25 gigs with Win 7 and just diablo.
 
you're stuck with 2 VM's only unfortunately. i allocate 25gigs as well.
 
when i messed with d3 in vmware ws8 db couldnt attach to the d3 pid, is it a setting i had wrong?
 
shaliuno said:
128 Gb is overkill. Its more than enough. You can hit up to 35-40 bots with it or even more depends on how much RAM you give to your VM's. Considering just SSD space.

All you need:

Win7 VM = 8Gb Max

Diablo 3 on host pc shared over vm-ware network = 8 Gb (the network speed in this case is equal to your SSD speed as its inside one pc, no matter it says its only 1gbps)

So you create a VM and each next created VM is a linked clone from frist one which takes about 200mb + extra temporary boost in XX GB when run which depends on how much ram you give it (lets say 1Gb for Diablo is enough) so its extra 1,2 Gb

As result you need about 16 Gb HDD space + 1,2 * 4 Gb (1 bot on "big" VM lets say it is a template and 4 VM on copies) and you get shitload of space left.

Running 4 bots for now on 128 Gb SSD and have 80 gb left. (39 Gb is VMware + Diablo + Host os + cloned VM's and some work stuff)

How-To?
VMWare Linked-Clone (found in manual)
Shared folders in VM (as network drivers in guest os) (same)
mklink.exe (you can create Diablo folder in guest os and make links for all folders/files to network drive, except cache directory (it unfortunately requires to be independent)
So its easy to do.
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Thanks, so the first clone has to take up 16 gb on my HDD? Can I create a clone from my machine to save more space or does it have to be from a virtual machine?

I allocated 25gb, should i start over and allocate only 20 gb?
 
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shaliuno said:
Actually it is possible to virtualize a host pc. But clones are made from snapshots so probably it wont help much.
Allocate 10 Gb for first VM, thats all you need, and you will have even 2,5 Gb free
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but win 7 + d3 takes up 12 gb initially... and now its at 19gb i have no idea why..
 
Also, how many VM can I run with an i2600k? That is 8 cores right? I am dedicating 2 cores per VM (with only 1 core it lags). Does that mean I can only run 3-4 bots? Or can VM's share cores?
 
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been messing around with this for the last day or so, on my SSD i have the following: 1 copy of D3, 1 vm, 2 linked cloned vm's but when i try and load another d3 client it greay screens and wont load an additional client. any words of advice?
 
shaliuno said:
Actually it is possible to virtualize a host pc. But clones are made from snapshots so probably it wont help much.
Allocate 10 Gb for first VM, thats all you need, and you will have even 2,5 Gb free
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you are the only person that knows what hes talking about here..

can you make a step to step instruction on how to set up D3 in VMWARE correclt (least space, best performance).

Thanks
 
wowcheesestick said:
you are the only person that knows what hes talking about here..

can you make a step to step instruction on how to set up D3 in VMWARE correclt (least space, best performance).

Thanks
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That would be awesome im stuck trying to mklink any help would be greatly appreciated =)
 
is there any way to bulk mklink all files in folders? or do u have to mklink each file one by one. -.-
 
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