Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] running VirtualBox headless

2013-06-25 Thread Jan Owoc
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 8:20 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (openindiana) wrote: >> From: Jan Owoc [mailto:jso...@gmail.com] >> >> 1) in the case of "synchronous=off", I had an order of magnitude speed >> increase for writes (i.e. during the install :-) ). Are there general >> guidelines for what kinds of

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] running VirtualBox headless

2013-06-25 Thread Edward Ned Harvey (openindiana)
> From: Jan Owoc [mailto:jso...@gmail.com] > > 1) in the case of "synchronous=off", I had an order of magnitude speed > increase for writes (i.e. during the install :-) ). Are there general > guidelines for what kinds of workloads are "safe" to have the ZIL > disabled? You mean "sync=disabled."

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] running VirtualBox headless

2013-06-25 Thread Jim Klimov
On 2013-06-24 04:24, Jan Owoc wrote: Hi, I'm running a home NAS using OI 151a7 "server" (vs. "desktop"). I was thinking of running Ubuntu Server in a virtual machine on OI, ideally configured to startup/shutdown when OI starts/shuts down. I can connect a monitor to the machine, but it generally

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] running VirtualBox headless

2013-06-25 Thread Jim Klimov
On 2013-06-25 06:11, Jan Owoc wrote: 2) I was able to get the machine to autostart using SMF, but it was a lot of work; should I expand that section of the wiki with my findings? Did you use the stock (VirtualBox 4.2.x provided) SMF scripts, or my vboxsvc project from SourceForge? If documenta

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] running VirtualBox headless

2013-06-24 Thread Jan Owoc
On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Jan Owoc wrote: > I'll try installing and running VirtualBox sometime over the next few > weeks and post back if I have any problems that aren't addressed in > the wiki. I was able to follow along with the wiki, consulting VirtualBox documentation occasionally, wi

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] running VirtualBox headless

2013-06-24 Thread Christopher Chan
Hi Jan, You may want to try KVM on OmniOS. If you care about network performance. I have had nothing but issues on that score with virtualbox and I am just waiting for a new box to run KVM. regards, Christopher On Tuesday, June 25, 2013 04:24 AM, Jan Owoc wrote: On Mon, 2013-06-24 at 21:54

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] running VirtualBox headless

2013-06-24 Thread Michael Stapleton
No problem :-) Infinity uses VirtualBox to do the actual virtualization. Infinity simply is a data/ VM management platform. Mike On Mon, 2013-06-24 at 14:24 -0600, Jan Owoc wrote: > > On Mon, 2013-06-24 at 21:54 +0200, Nikola M. wrote: > > > >> On 06/24/13 02:41 PM, Michael Stapleton wrote: >

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] running VirtualBox headless

2013-06-24 Thread Jan Owoc
> On Mon, 2013-06-24 at 21:54 +0200, Nikola M. wrote: > >> On 06/24/13 02:41 PM, Michael Stapleton wrote: >> > check out www.techsologic.com if you are interested. >> I see it is closed source proprietary software with a custom license and >> usage rights. >> >> I suggest to this mailing list membe

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] running VirtualBox headless

2013-06-24 Thread Michael Stapleton
Hi, I agree totally. This is a project in development. It has started closed, because it can be opened later, but can not be close later. The business model has not been finalized. It is intended to work, and work well. Therefore a model of payed support is not attractive. You have the right to

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] running VirtualBox headless

2013-06-24 Thread Nikola M.
On 06/24/13 02:41 PM, Michael Stapleton wrote: > check out www.techsologic.com if you are interested. I see it is closed source proprietary software with a custom license and usage rights. I suggest to this mailing list members not to just blindly add and repositories form third parties, unless yo

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] running VirtualBox headless

2013-06-24 Thread Edward Ned Harvey (openindiana)
> From: Jan Owoc [mailto:jso...@gmail.com] > > I'm running a home NAS using OI 151a7 "server" (vs. "desktop"). I was > thinking of running Ubuntu Server in a virtual machine on OI, ideally > configured to startup/shutdown when OI starts/shuts down. I can > connect a monitor to the machine, but it

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] running VirtualBox headless

2013-06-24 Thread Michael Stapleton
Hi, I have been working on a little project that might suit your needs. It is in the final testing phase, and not public until now I guess, but should work well for what you are doing. It uses OI, OmniOS of Solaris11 as a storge / VM management server and allows you to run VMs anywhere you like.

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] running VirtualBox headless

2013-06-24 Thread real-men-dont-click
-Original message- From: Jan Owoc Sent: Mon 24-06-2013 04:25 Subject:[OpenIndiana-discuss] running VirtualBox headless To: Discussion list for OpenIndiana ; > Hi, > > I'm running a home NAS using OI 151a7 "server" (vs. "desktop"). I was > thinking of running Ubuntu Server

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] running VirtualBox headless

2013-06-23 Thread Christopher Chan
On Monday, June 24, 2013 10:24 AM, Jan Owoc wrote: Hi, I'm running a home NAS using OI 151a7 "server" (vs. "desktop"). I was thinking of running Ubuntu Server in a virtual machine on OI, ideally configured to startup/shutdown when OI starts/shuts down. I can connect a monitor to the machine, but