I am going to skip a lot of the “Next >” prompts, ELAs and etc that one needs to click through. The next step is to, of course, run the downloaded installer. For this guide the Windows installer will be used. One cool thing is that VirtualBox supports Windows, Apple OS X, Linux, and Solaris/ OpenSolaris (this is almost a given) as host operating systems. You can select you operating system here also. The first step in a VirtualBox installation is to first download the latest stable version from This system has plenty of memory and power to run an OpenSolaris/ FreeBSD ZFS storage system in VirtualBox plus Windows 7 64 bit. Host OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit.Power Supply: Corsair CMPSU-1000HX 1000w Power Supply.NIC (additional): Intel Pro/1000 PT Quad.Controller: Intel ICH10R with Intel Rapid Storage Technology (RST) 9.SSD: OCZ Agility 2 120GB SandForce based SSD.Drives (OS): 2x OCZ Vertex 120GB in RAID 0.Memory: 12GB of Corsair Dominator GT 1600 C7 DDR3.I noticed that I have done a poor job listing the test system in articles from the first quarter of 2010 and earlier. This guide will show how easy it is to get started with virtualization using Oracle’s VirtualBox. Core i7’s with 8GB+ of memory can usually handle a few VirtualBox virtual machines making it a great desktop application obviating the need to use a KVM when setting up the test environment. Perhaps the best feature of VirtualBox is the ability to run multiple operating systems within a 64-bit Windows 7 environment. Coincidentally, VirtualBox is an Oracle/Sun product, as is OpenSolaris so the compatibility is akin to running Windows based Hyper-V guest operating systems. Testing new Windows instances is very simple with Hyper-V, however for those wanting to test out ZFS prior to building a dedicated network attached storage (NAS) server, VirtualBox is a very strong virtualization platform. Although I use Hyper-V virtualization for all of my current Windows Home Server, Windows Server 2008 R2, and other test environments, Hyper-V still does a poor job at virtualizing other environments like FreeBSD, OpenSolaris, and Linux (to some degree).
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