Hi, if you are not afraid of the command line I would recommend KVM. I use it for my virtualization needs. When you don't want the sdl window you may use the -vnc switch. -daemonize switch is great for running in the backgroud. the -balloon switch is great for memory savings, I recommend KSM in your kernel also.
Petri Rosenström On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 6:54 PM, Bill Longman <bill.long...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 08/27/2010 12:58 AM, Konstantinos Agouros wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am currently running a guest with VMware-Server-1. However the modules >> needed for that on the host are no longer supported and I am stuck with >> 2.6.31 >> for the moment. >> So I am thinking of alternatives. My requirements: >> >> It should only need as much RAM on the host as needed (so XEN with static >> assignment is out) >> >> It should run headless (I don't want a window on the desktop but be able >> get console access when needed). >> >> VMWare import/compatibility would be nice but is not a must have. >> >> I use VirtualBox on a Mac but can it run headless? Any other proposals? > > VBox runs great headless. I start three VMs at boot time, all over VRDP. > Highly recommended. You can migrate it to other systems if you want, too. > >
