Oracle RAC on VMWare vs. Virtualbox

hello,
has anyone tested Oracle RAC DB 11g performance on VMWare server and on Virtualbox?
I wonder which virtual solution is faster.

I have created several Virtual Machines on my laptop using both VMWare Server 2 and Virtual Box (various versions utilized over time). I have found that the memory overhead of Virtual Box is lower then that of VMWare Server can not answer why I can jsut say that I have more free memory with Virtual Box then with VMWare Server 2 when using Virtual Machines with same configuration. On my Laptop I have not noticed a large performance difference between virtual box and VM Ware Server for Virtual Machines of like resource allocation and activity types, the performance appears to vary more by the resource consumption and activity executing within the VM. If I had to give a gut feel for an overall local VM tool, I like virtual box better then VMWare Server. I also see Virtual Box Updates coming, however not seen an update to VM Ware Server in a while. Hope this helps

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