Setup WHS VMware as host and Server 2008 as client

[Ash maker]

Hello,
I have the following
Hardware: HP StorageWorks X510
I want my WHS, which is currently mainly as a file server and Teamspeak 3 Server is used for more services such as groupware (Tine 2.0) use. Since I was at the WHS more frequently and I want to go outside, makes me wonder whether the following scenario works: WHS as a host on the Virtual Box, VMware Workstation o. etc. will be installed. In a VM on the WHS should be a MS Server 2008 (R2) or a WIN XP running XAMPP as a base for what, etc. TS3 serves. My question does this works? If you have an experience in this then please let me know. Thank you.

[InterNetWorKed]

yes, this works so far. Whether the processing power of HP's sure enough, I can not answer you. The RAM should in any case be beyond the 2 GB. This is my configuration and on this, it works very good. You can try again.

[New ID]

Why not on the C: \ (system drive), the VM and the VM software config file. The VM disks to the file D: \ (storage disk)? For the Win XP VM with XAMPP but should an E5200 (2.5 GHz), 2 GB PC2-6400 (800MHz) thick enough. CPU and memory ideln atm around with TS3 server in about 5% and 40%. This is likely to go out but is not it? For NEN R2 has run only ads with XMAPP and 15-20 objects but also it should work with it.

[KALYAN23]

The WHS is running but only with 2 GB really about. If you now extort a 2 GB for VMs, the host effectively remain less than 1 GB, since each VM is allocated more RAM than they need. And 512 MB for a VM, in my view, the absolute lower limit. VMware Workstation, I would not take it, but the (free) VMware Server, because this is free and even I guess open source.

[Lauren Ambrose]

It works without problems!

State of affairs:
WHS = HOST
VMWare Server installs and configures 2:02
VM 1 = Windows XP SP3 + XAMPP is running and reachable over the WAN (Apache Port Forwarding + NAT allocated to the VM and the Port)
Actual system load of the host, ie the HP WHS X510 (during the patching: ~ 30% CPU, 1.4 GB RAM - IDLE: 5%, 1.2 GB RAM). I make myself to the groupware and the TS.