Yeah, I think my plan will be to throw ESXi on a nice shiny new PowerEdge R710 :)
Dustin Puryear wrote: > Assuming you have recent and non-homebrew Intel hardware, you can > probably run ESXi, although VMware Server will work. (Although I heavily > suggest using ESXi over VMware Server where possible.) > > > > ESXi is a snap, quite fast, and I’ve never had an issue running XP or > any Windows boxen under it. > > > > It’s also free as in beer. > > > > --- > Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ > Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sign-On > Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies > > Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" > http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ > > > > *From:* discuss-boun...@lopsa.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lopsa.org] *On > Behalf Of *Dan Parsons > *Sent:* Thursday, January 21, 2010 3:17 PM > *To:* r...@linux.com > *Cc:* discuss@lopsa.org > *Subject:* Re: [lopsa-discuss] virtualizing XP under Linux and remote > IEtesting > > > > If your hardware doesn't support ESXi, I suggest trying "VMware Server", > also free. It doesn't run on the "bare metal", but it does run very well > and works with almost any Linux distribution: > > > > http://www.vmware.com/products/server/ > > > > I've successfully used it to virtualize WinXP systems in the past, > specifically for Mac web developers to test on, actually. It has a > pretty nifty web management interface. > > Dan > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 6:45 AM, Ryan Pugatch <r...@linux.com > <mailto:r...@linux.com>> wrote: > > Edward Ned Harvey wrote: > > > > I find that Xen is great for virtualization of linux inside of linux > ... And > > for nothing else. In fact, whenever I have a non-linux guest inside > of Xen, > > I find Xen is unstable. I have a server with windows & linux guests > inside > > of xen on RHEL5 host ... and about once per month, xen will lose its > mind, > > and the memory of one machine becomes the memory of another. > Solution is to > > reboot all the guests and host. And yes, performance is terrible, except > > for linux in linux. > > > > For either linux or mac hosts ... Sun Virtualbox is a pretty good choice. > > It has some bugs here and there ... but it does in fact have "guest > > extensions" or whatever they call it ... So the guest stability and > > performance is very good. > > > > If you only use your virtual machine casually, you can't beat the > price of > > virtualbox. But if you use it all day every day, such as I do ... I run > > windows inside of mac every day, and I also run windows inside of ubuntu > > every day ... Then I find virtualbox is just simply too buggy and kloogy. > > > > On the mac, either parallels or vmware fusion is the professional way > to go. > > In fusion, you must remember to install VMWare Tools, and in > parallels, you > > must remember to install Parallels Extensions. If you do this, > performance > > is near 100%. I personally prefer fusion for performance and reliability > > reasons, but parallels is slightly more featureful. Both are good > choices, > > with neither having a large edge over the other in any way. > > > > On linux, VMWare Workstation is the professional way to go. Beware > versions > > though. Check the vmware compatibility guide. I find VMWare > Workstation is > > typically only compatible with hosts a rev behind ... For example ... > > Workstation works fine on ubuntu 904, but not 910. But by the time 1004 > > comes out, I think 910 will be supported. > > > > I agree that Linux inside Linux with Xen is good. I definitely need a > solution to virtualize Windows on a server rather than having the devs > virtualize on their local machines. I regularly use Virtualbox locally > and like it and have thought about setting up a server with a group of > headless VMs under it, but I am unsure of how Virtualbox performs in > that setup. Definitely looking for a server rather than workstation > solution so perhaps VMWare Server may be the way to go. > > Thanks for your thoughts. > > Ryan > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lopsa.org <mailto:Discuss@lopsa.org> > http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lopsa.org http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
