RAM recommendation for logos in virtual machine

I need a new computer and change from Windows to Linux. I want to use logos in a virtual machine in the future. How much RAM is recommended for Logos in a virtual machine?

Logos recommends 16 GB of RAM for a computer. In my case, is 16 GB RAM recommended for Virtualbox only? Or is 16 GB RAM enough for the entire computer with Linux, Virtualbox, and Logos? How can I estimate the amount of RAM required?

https://support.logos.com/hc/en-us/articles/360007506971-Logos-Minimum-System-Requirements

Thanks in advance for your support

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Lee

Ideally you'd want to allocate about 16GB to the virtual machine. You can try it with 8GB and move up.

Caution: if you're running a VM, even if it's an SSD the Windows guest VM may run I/O as if it's a hard disk. This wears out the SSD faster.

mab

I think this is probably just asking for trouble. If I needed a Linux machine, I would confine myself to running the Logos Web App. Logos desktop is still a bit too much of a pig on resources to run well virtually on less than a real decked out machine. I think a dual boot machine would be a better alternative if that's possible.

Lee

Dual boot is a good idea. A VM will probably run into severe performance issues even though the RAM is adequate.

Kevin A

A VM will probably run into severe performance issues even though the RAM is adequate.

I am interested why do you think this? I run Logos in a virtual machine perfectly well.

I would highly suggest you look at Qemu. If you use virt-manager it is just as easy to configure as virtualbox, although will take following a guide initially. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM/VirtManager

Not only does it run at near native speeds with virtualization enabled in bios/uefi, you can even optimise further by directly passing through hardware direct from the host, including ssds and even dedicated gpus.

Definitely worth the time to learn this, and there is lots to learn as it is so configurable.

Lee

Steven, if you're still following, you could try setting the "solid-state drive" while creating your VDI

Bill Anderson

Steven, there's a lengthy thread here that chronicles getting Logos installed in Ubuntu derivatives through wine. I have linked to the last page. I suggest working backward from the last page instead of from the beginning.

I have Logos running in a virtual machine on my windows desktop right now with 16GB RAM dedicated to the VM in Ubuntu 20.04, so if you were running this on bare metal I am sure it would run well.

Here is a Google Doc on one way to install it. There is an app image as well, but I haven't tried that.