Re: [lopsa-tech] Server for Hosting Virtual Machines

2013-08-23 Thread David Lang
On Fri, 23 Aug 2013, john boris wrote: David Thanks for the info. First I might be wrong on the actual number as this server can have at most 24g of ram maybe 32 but it will not boot when you put 16g in it. As for the slow file transfer it is only one machine at a a time and although I have 17

Re: [lopsa-tech] Server for Hosting Virtual Machines

2013-08-23 Thread john boris
David Thanks for the info. First I might be wrong on the actual number as this server can have at most 24g of ram maybe 32 but it will not boot when you put 16g in it. As for the slow file transfer it is only one machine at a a time and although I have 17 vms running only one is live and that runs

Re: [lopsa-tech] Server for Hosting Virtual Machines

2013-08-23 Thread David Lang
On Fri, 23 Aug 2013, john boris wrote: Okay I am doing this from my iPhone so I am trying to answer everything 1. I am tied to scp because my COBOL app needs a program called eroded which will not port to Linux I have a lot of that covered but we are moving to PowerSchool in the cloud so I need

[lopsa-tech] Most awesomest fiber management?

2013-08-23 Thread Doug Hughes
We have a Chatsworth evolution sidecar vertical cable management accessory for a 2 post telco rack. It's pretty nice. Right now we're at the point of changing the existing single sided accessory out for a double sided to run fiber on one side and copper on the other. Definitely, we'll be getting th

Re: [lopsa-tech] Server for Hosting Virtual Machines

2013-08-23 Thread Smith, David
If switching hypervisors is still an option, there’s a free edition of VMware, and should more resources materialize in the future you can upgrade from the free edition just by applying a license key. But John says he’s already committed to VirtualBox. (Keep in mind that, while VirtualBox prope

Re: [lopsa-tech] Server for Hosting Virtual Machines

2013-08-23 Thread Brandon Allbery
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 3:05 PM, john boris wrote: > 3. I am using virtual box because $WORK doesn't like to spend money and > our main it office uses the free version which I think is stupid. Plus I > did all of testing and setup with virtual box and I don't have the time and > resources to text

Re: [lopsa-tech] Server for Hosting Virtual Machines

2013-08-23 Thread john boris
Okay I am doing this from my iPhone so I am trying to answer everything 1. I am tied to scp because my COBOL app needs a program called eroded which will not port to Linux I have a lot of that covered but we are moving to PowerSchool in the cloud so I need these systems as is for historical reasons

Re: [lopsa-tech] Server for Hosting Virtual Machines

2013-08-23 Thread Smith, David
You'll almost certainly be much happier getting VMware. The Essentials pack (three servers at 2 CPUs each) lists for $560, . There will be even less overhead than in Ubuntu, better support, probably better compatibility. You'll want at least 16GB of RAM, and when people realize how easy and chea

Re: [lopsa-tech] Server for Hosting Virtual Machines

2013-08-23 Thread Brian Mathis
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 1:57 PM, john boris wrote: > Here at $work they have decide to get one server to handle 17+ of my > current servers. I am doing this right now with two HP DL-160 G5. Stupid HP > has some weird Memory configurations. Anyway those two HPs sound like Jet > engines although th

Re: [lopsa-tech] Server for Hosting Virtual Machines

2013-08-23 Thread David Lang
On Fri, 23 Aug 2013, john boris wrote: Here at $work they have decide to get one server to handle 17+ of my current servers. I am doing this right now with two HP DL-160 G5. Stupid HP has some weird Memory configurations. Anyway those two HPs sound like Jet engines although they are in our NOC I

Re: [lopsa-tech] Server for Hosting Virtual Machines

2013-08-23 Thread Dan Ritter
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 01:57:11PM -0400, john boris wrote: > Here at $work they have decide to get one server to handle 17+ of my > current servers. I am doing this right now with two HP DL-160 G5. Stupid HP > has some weird Memory configurations. Anyway those two HPs sound like Jet > engines alth

[lopsa-tech] Server for Hosting Virtual Machines

2013-08-23 Thread john boris
Here at $work they have decide to get one server to handle 17+ of my current servers. I am doing this right now with two HP DL-160 G5. Stupid HP has some weird Memory configurations. Anyway those two HPs sound like Jet engines although they are in our NOC I don't hear them. This server will be run

Re: [lopsa-tech] Looking for help with xubuntu

2013-08-23 Thread john boris
David, Thanks for that info. Sounds promising. On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 9:35 PM, David Lang wrote: > doing a quick google search for xrandr fix overscan is returning a lot of > links, (some good, some not as usual) > > see if your setup supports > > xrandr --output --set underscan on > > other