VirtualBox vs Kqemu ??

yea4434 · Post by **yea4434** » 30. Jun 2007, 23:31

which one is faster and uses less ram ?

ive been looking at benchmarks and i can see kqemu is faster then KVM

quite a bit actually 20 percent ish

and i saw a few reviews that people were saying ......

Vbox runs smoother then Kqemu

is this true?

just trying to get the best thing to offer my customers

with lesss overhead less ram eat up etc .

let me know if you of you guys have tried this or what you know.

thanks again

Technologov · Post by **Technologov** » 1. Jul 2007, 09:57

Rumors say it that KQemu uses less RAM than VirtualBox, and perhaps runs slower (because VBox uses Guest Additions). Without GuestAdditions, I don't know but think - it's about the same speed.

KQemu never worked for me (crashes). KQemu is unstable.

As for KVM - it's hard to judge, because I don't have hardware to run it.

I would say it depends a LOT on what their needs are: VirtualBox is perfect for Windows 2000/XP and some Linux guests. Otherwise you should look elsewhere. VirtualBox fails to start other, less known Operating Systems. (which I need).
VMware is more stable in that regard... but it costs $$$

I really wish VirtualBox could start ALL the OSes around here, not just Windows/Linux guests.