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Running ATI in a virtual machine

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With the beta program for ATI 2021 likely to start in the next few weeks I am considering doing the testing using a virtual machine. I have not set up a virtual machine for many years, so I am wondering what is the best approach to take. What software to use to create the virtual machine.

I think that the machines I am thinking of running the virtual machine on have the necessary grunt; on is has an 8 core Ryzen CPU with 16gig of ram; the other has a 6 core i5 9400 CPU with 16 gig of ram; in each case the virtual machine will be hosted on an M.2 NVMe SSD with substantial read/write capabilities.

All advice greatfully accepted.

Ian

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Ian, I am using VMware Workstation Player 15 to create my own Virtual Machines for testing which I find to be the easiest / best in my own experience.

You can install a copy of Windows 10 in a VM without needing a license key provided you accept that there will be some limitations to things like personalisation.  The non-activated Win 10 doesn't nag or stop working after a set period which is great for this purpose.

You can create multiple VM's if you have the necessary disk space to do so, and just launch them one at a time when needed. 

I normally would allocate 4GB of RAM to a VM (out of my 32GB installed) and 4 CPU's from my Intel i7 8th gen processor, but less will work fine too.  A typical VM will want around 60GB of HDD allocated, plus I add a second 60GB HDD as a backup destination for testing.

Steve, thanks for the guidance; it is a good starting point. I think I have a spare licence for Win 10 pro somewhere - purchased it for an Dell notebook that My wife acquired when she left the university. Then I discovered that it was already recorded as having a digital licence for Windows 10 (it was running an enterprise version of Windows 7.1). All I have to do is find where I put it as it was over 3 years ago). Will also dig out the notebook for part of the beta testing rather than using my one.

Ian