[Tfug] VMWare

[Chad Woolley]

I haven't created any generic "appliances".  However, at work, I do
have a production Ubuntu server 6 running vmware server, with 5
virtual machines running Ubuntu Server and Windows XP on it.  Works
great for me.  The runqueue of the host server runs a little high,
around 3+, but the performance on the VMs is fine.

VMWare is a great product, and it's great they give away the server
for free.  I've used it, and bought a license for the 1.0 version.
THey are trying to grab as much market share as they can before
Microsoft comes out with it's virtualization solution.  Virtualization
is the future (writing this from my macbook, running WinXP and Ubuntu
under OSX via Parallels).

I also run Xen on another production server, which is another great
product, but it's at the kernel level, and will only run Linux VMs.

-- Chad

On 8/29/06, joealwine at juno.com <joealwine at juno.com> wrote:
> In the TCS Linux Sig last Sunday, I tried to install the VMWare Player under Kubuntu 6.06. I have been using this program under XP. After the meeting, I finally got it installed and running.
> With Microsoft's VirtualPC 2004, I can create my own virtual machines, windows and linux. Has anyone created their own Linux appliances with the VMware products? I have been using the ones I download from the VMWare Website.
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