VirtualBox vs VMware: Which Vagrant Provider Minimizes RAM Footprint?
Goal Run several Vagrant‑managed virtual machines on a host that only has 4 GB of RAM while keeping the host responsive. Constraints and Uncertainty Both VirtualBox (the default provider) and VMware’s Vagrant plugin claim to support multi‑VM workloads, but the exact memory overhead each provider introduces is not fully documented for a constrained host. The
vsphere