@Kelly - Assuming you mis-read there were no HVM/VT-passthrough issues with
my version of vmware fusion.
@Joe and @David - Thanks for the feedback, will definitely look into that.
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013, at 08:27 PM, Musayev, Ilya wrote:
> Specs would really depend on budget, in US I can build this setup for
> about $800, more or less depends on the componets.
One of the things I've usually done is go to Geeks.com and buy a
second-hand workstation. Typically you can pick up a
@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. Min
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 imposs
@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
On Jul 18, 2013, at 7:56 PM, Ian Duffy 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 t
Ian
You dont need a server, a nicely loaded desktop or even large laptop would do
the job.
What is the budget like?
I would go with desktop grade motherboard (budget being tight), ssd disk for
root, sata for remaining. Setup multiple disks in raid 1 or raid 5. CPU
depending on the budget. RA
