KemsleyGroupLimited
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Hi all,
I have an OS X Server host and an OS X Server guest. I have a Drobo hard drive array I want to connect to the guest.
I need to know how Parallels handles this - and, if it handles it poorly, a workaround.
My issue is this:
When restarted, Parallels isn't running so the host gets ahold of the Drobo (I think).
Later, Parallels starts and grabs the device - disconnecting it from the host (causing potential data loss and maybe confuses Drobo) and connecting it to the guest.
What I need is to somehow make the host never ever ever ever connect to the Drobo. Does Parallels already do this? Or does anybody know a workaround?
OR!
Can I have Parallels take over a partition and give it to the guest as a removable disk (without suffering much/any of a performance hit) (in case the disk loses power while running, I don't want Parallels to freak out).
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Note: to those who gawked at the performance hit statement above: I know I know I know. Some virtual adaptations give 1-2% overhead, which is fine - and others, like some of VMWare's network virtualization, adds a 200% overhead! That's what I don't want.
I have an OS X Server host and an OS X Server guest. I have a Drobo hard drive array I want to connect to the guest.
I need to know how Parallels handles this - and, if it handles it poorly, a workaround.
My issue is this:
When restarted, Parallels isn't running so the host gets ahold of the Drobo (I think).
Later, Parallels starts and grabs the device - disconnecting it from the host (causing potential data loss and maybe confuses Drobo) and connecting it to the guest.
What I need is to somehow make the host never ever ever ever connect to the Drobo. Does Parallels already do this? Or does anybody know a workaround?
OR!
Can I have Parallels take over a partition and give it to the guest as a removable disk (without suffering much/any of a performance hit) (in case the disk loses power while running, I don't want Parallels to freak out).
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Note: to those who gawked at the performance hit statement above: I know I know I know. Some virtual adaptations give 1-2% overhead, which is fine - and others, like some of VMWare's network virtualization, adds a 200% overhead! That's what I don't want.