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MindTouch Community Portal > Deki - English > Installation and Upgrade > Installation FAQ > Pro's and Con's of a Virtual Machine installation
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No headersBefore attempting to debug/install Deki Wiki, consider whether a VM installation is not a better option. Roughly ?? % of all running installations are VM installations.
| Item | Installation from Source | Virtual Machine Installation |
| Hardware Requirements | About 20% less hardware intensive | Consider the fact that most servers' resources are very much under-utilised. Also that a relatively cheap Pentium 4 with 512MB Ram running Linux, will have ample power as a dedicated Deki Wiki host. |
| Software costs | Free, except if you choose Windows instead of Linux. | VMware player/server is free for Windows and Linux. VMware Fusion is not-free for OS X. |
| Expertise required to setup | High | Low |
| Expertise required to modify | Same | Same |
| Expertise required to maintain | Moderate | Low (automatic updates via updateWiki.sh) |
| MindTouch support offered | Basic & Gold | Basic & Silver |
In summary, you should opt for a Virtual Machine installation if
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spavis says:
this would be good information to have if someone could complete this page!
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