VMWare Workstation Pro 12

PayPalBusted · #1 03-09-2016

Anyone currently running VMWare Workstation 12 from a Microsoft Surface Pro 3? Just curious if these tablets are able to handle the application and run 10-15 virtual machines without bringing the Surface Pro to a crawl and still be able to use it for other things.

gainkod · #2 03-10-2016

I guess it depends on the guest OS you load, and how much resources you assign to it.

**ilcarletto** · #3 03-10-2016

I am recently reading here about people trying to get "the definitive PC" to run 10s of virtual machines. I personally do not see the point in doing so.

Unless you have assigned a dedicated VPN for each virtual machine, you are going to have only one machine at the time active and connected to the internet...

Personally I run only 1 machine at the time and it does take me no more than 30 second to switch from one machine to the other (shut down -> start) while changing the IP.

OP might have peculiar needs and reasons to do so but... going "BIG" is not always the best solution.

BiN4RY · #4 03-10-2016

I agree with what ilcarletto is saying. There's absolutely no reason for you to be running multiple VMs in parallel solely for stealth under any circumstances.

For a more sensible scenario of running just one or two VM in parallel, the Surface Pro 3 will do fine. If you want something crazy like 10-15, you pretty much need to build a server/workstation grade desktop with with at least two physical CPUs and several tens of GB of memory to have decent performances.

IGNAS · #5 03-10-2016

Totally agree with icarletto.
If you don't have dedicated VPSs or VPNs -- you just happen to overpay for a high-end and high resource machine.
When you could do just fine with simpler version.

PayPalBusted · #6 03-10-2016

Sorry perhaps I wasn't clear enough. I wouldn't be running all VM's at the same time, possibly 2-3 at max, no more. I would have up to 15 stealth accounts which means I'd have 15 VM's with each stealth account and VM having it's own dedicated VPN.

What I want to do is use VMWare Workstation Pro 12 to manage the 15 stealth accounts on 15 different VM's with each one having it's own VPN. At a given time I might have five VM's running at max, no more, and would simply shut the VM down and start up another one if needed.

Perhaps that helps. I was looking at the Surface Pro 4, but figured if I could go for the cheaper Surface Pro 3 and still be able to use WorkStation Pro 12 then I'd go that route.

Looking for something smaller and compact as I travel a lot and the Surface Pro seemed appealing.

gainkod · #7 03-10-2016

Again it depends on how much CPU/Memory you assign to each VM and what OS they run. I don't believe the surface pro has more than 8 GB of memory

PayPalBusted · #8 03-10-2016

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Originally Posted by gainkod

Again it depends on how much CPU/Memory you assign to each VM and what OS they run. I don't believe the surface pro has more than 8 GB of memory

16 GB is the max amount of memory you can get in the Surface Pro 4.

I'd be running Win 10.