#What is virtualbox pae driver#
#What is virtualbox pae full#

Some providers will limit access to vnc to their own infrastructure (to prevent any potential security issues) but most don't. This might not be desirable in case of a crash.

#What is virtualbox pae full#

One note re: vnc is that you need to do a full reboot to enable/disable. With ACPI enabled most control panels will attempt a graceful shutdown and only if that is unresponsive go for a hard power off. You might get some level of corruption depending on filesystem configuration. Extending on why ACPI is important, if you turn it off and shut down your VPS the only option in most cases is a hard power off. I was surprised that I could not find a webpage with a summary of the settings and what they said: It may be the only choice.Īsked and answered. RECOMMENDATION: Choose your VPS provider's default. VNC Keymap - Dropdown Menu, but only one choice.

#What is virtualbox pae driver#

If desired, you can run performance tests to see which disk driver works with your operating system and gives the best performance. Yes, the text including parentheses, 'virtio (default)' is in the dropdown option. The default on my VPS is 'virtio (default)'. On my VPS, the choices are: ide or 'virtio (default)'. If desired, you can run performance tests to see which virtual network card works with your operating system and gives the best performance.

On my VPS, the choices are: Realtek 8139, Intel PRO/1000, or Virtio. RECOMMENDATION: Off (the default on my VPS) I don't use it, and could not figure it out. > RECOMMENDATION: ON for best compatibility.įor completeness, I am adding the other settings that I see in one of my SolusVM panels here. Even if you do not have 4 Gbytes of RAM in your VPS, you should leave this setting On (enabled). Modern x86 processors use PAE to access RAM memory larger than 4 Gigabytes. Remember to disable it again when you have fixed the issue. Leave VNC disabled unless you need it for early setup or an emergency connection. From that point on, I use SSH and other secure protocols going forward. First thing I do is change to new secure passwords. For initial setup, I create dummy passwords, do the minimum necessary to get secure SSH working, and then disable VNC and switch to SSH. Be aware that your VNC connection may not be secure, so change passwords after you use VNC. Depending on the implementation, VNC may not be secure. This lets you use the VNC protocol to view your VPS' console or desktop window. If you turn it off, your VPS may not work as expected with the provider's control panel 'Shutdown' 'Reboot' etc. > RECOMMENDATION: Leave the ACPI setting 'On'. (On some computers, if you press the 'power button' ACPI lets the hardware notify the operating system to shutdown gracefully. On a typical computer, this feature lets your operating system communicate with the BIOS for power and other external features of the computer. > RECOMMENDATION: Leave the APIC setting 'On' for best performance and compatibility.ĪCPI - Advanced Configuration and Power Interface.

Older ones have the not-so-advanced 'PIC'. Modern x86 processors have APIC for handling interrupts. It may be the only choice.ĪPIC - Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller. VNC Keymap - Choose your VPS provider's default. Network Card - Choose your VPS provider's default.ĭisk Driver - Choose your VPS provider's default. Summary for Additional Settings, Not Mentioned in the Original Post VNC - Off unless needed for early setup or an emergency, then turn off when done. Since I am a member here, and the response above was so unhelpful, I thought I could be nicer to others who stumble on it from a web search, the way I did. I was doing some VPS-related web searches myself, and a link to this thread popped up in the search results.