In Virtualization environment there are two types of systems – host is a system that runs a guest virtual machine in it. For example, a Windows host can run a Linux guest. There are several types of virtual environments. They differ in performance characteristics and possible host/guest combinations.
VMware
VMware virtual machines can be hosted on Windows, Linux and dedicated VMware servers.
Matthew1471’s VMware Tips & Hints
– Use a box of at least 1Ghz of power (if you’re to be running Windows XP as well)
– Look at the FREE VMWare Server to make the OS load in the background
– Make VMWare’ priority higher than the default
– Asterisk@Home seems to make a good choice
– Install SAMBA so you can remotely view files and connect using SSH
– Be careful as not to give the guest too much RAM as Linux by default uses up more than it needs by caching disk clusters (seemingly even ones it is not reading)