@Ian - which version of Fusion were you using? According to http://www.virtualizationadmin.com/blogs/lowe/news/vmware-fusion-5-enable-vt-xept-inside-a-virtual-machine-288.html, it is supported on version 5.
I had a similar problem in Workstation when running nested ESXi VMs until I upgraded. Mine was due to Ivy Bridge incompatibilities so it was slightly different but with asking... On Jul 19, 2013 8:07 AM, "David Nalley" <da...@gnsa.us> wrote: > So it's not ideal, particularly from a RAM perspective. But my > personal, local demo lab is using Mac Mini Servers. Mac Mini's are > small, quiet, don't draw a ton of power and can be repopulated with up > to 16GB of RAM. The UEFI is somewhat painful for installing things > that aren't OSX, but not impossible. > > --David > > On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 8:00 AM, Ian Duffy <i...@ianduffy.ie> wrote: > > @IIya - Thanks for the response. > > > > You dont need a server, a nicely loaded desktop or even large laptop > would > >> do the job. > > > > > > I've currently been trying to do this on a late 2011 macbook pro with i7 > > processor, 16gb of ram, OS on SSD. I was running VMware fusion with an > > xenserver VM and a Cloudstack Manager VM. It was tight for ram but did > work > > and VMware fusion did pass the VT technology through to xenserver > providing > > HVM capabilities. > > > > What is the budget like? > > > > > > Somewhere between 1000 - 1200 eur. I looked at renting with hetzner but > it > > was coming out at being 500eur for setup costs and 300eur every month. I > > have found two second hand dell servers with an Intel Xeon 2.6Ghz (4 dual > > core processors with HT installed) and 32gb of ram(total of 83.2ghz and > > 64gb of ram) but storage for them is posing to be an issue. (noisy/loud, > > electricity cost, internet connection etc.) > > > > @Sebastien - That looks pretty interesting! Will take a better read of it > > tonight. > > > > On 19 July 2013 09:39, Sebastien Goasguen <run...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> On Jul 18, 2013, at 7:56 PM, Ian Duffy <i...@ianduffy.ie> wrote: > >> > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > I'm looking for peoples personal opinions. > >> > > >> > I'm thinking about undertaking a project for a 2 month college > assignment > >> > sometime in the future to create an API wrapper and web front end with > >> the > >> > end goal of producing something like the rackspace or linode web-ui. > I do > >> > realise 'basic cloud' is a solved problem, but I'm not seeing any > *open > >> > source projects* that allow for user sign up, select a package > offering, > >> > billing, ticketing etc. along with basic instance/vm management. > >> > > >> > >> It's kinda of nice, but I think you have proven that you can tackle a > much > >> more challenging problem than this one. > >> > >> tackle this instead: > >> > >> https://github.com/Netflix/Cloud-Prize/wiki > >> > >> > >> > The cost of setting up a demo lab seems somewhat expensive. > >> > > >> > My idea was: 1 xenserver with 16gb+ ram make use of local storage, 1 > >> > cloudstack manager/secondary storage 2gb+ of ram, finally something to > >> host > >> > the wrapper and web app. > >> > > >> > What hardware would you recommend for creating a budget, portable and > >> quiet > >> > demo lab? > >> > Do you think I would be better of renting? If so are their any > companies > >> > you would suggestion? > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Thanks, > >> > Ian > >> > >> >
