DTM doesn’t take 300GB to install (!)
The installation instructions for DTM state that the controller needs 300GB of disk in which to install. This has obviously caused consternation, as now not only do you need a Windows Server 2003 OS, but you need what is still a lot of hard drive space. New computers are OK, but if you hope to e.g. use a VM server, you might be in trouble.
The good news is that all evidence seems to contradict the installation notes. I just did another (!) fresh install of DTM on a freshly installed Windows Server 2003 Standard box, in workgroup mode, with all patches and service packs and a fresh installation of DTM, in under 8 gigs. Obviously this will change as clients and tests are added, but with that as a baseline, it’s hard to imagine where 292GB of test data are going to come from.
Others have posted on NTDEV and in the DTM newsgroup that it’s not taking nearly 300GB for them either. Anyone have any experiences to corroborate or refute this?
April 9th, 2007 at 8:48 am
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