Comments on: From the stone age to the future in 6 weeks http://blog.infinitechaos.com/2007/11/17/from-the-stone-age-to-the-future-in-6-weeks/ No magic here Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:37:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: kyle http://blog.infinitechaos.com/2007/11/17/from-the-stone-age-to-the-future-in-6-weeks/comment-page-1/#comment-396 kyle Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:39:51 +0000 http://infinitechaos.com/2007/11/17/from-the-stone-age-to-the-future-in-6-weeks/#comment-396 Jay, The desktop PC that I've been running player on at home is a 1.7 GHz Athlon XP w/768 MB of RAM and it seems to run okay. The main issue I've had is running Player and Eclipse at the same time (developing outside of the VM and publishing to it), because Eclipse wants more RAM (I've got a lot of plugins and features installed depending on what language or toolkit I'm using). As for Workstation vs. Server, the beta of Server 2.0 was not out yet and WS6 is significantly better than Server 1.0 (see http://www.virtualization.info/lab/VMwareWKS60_vs_VMwareSVR10.pdf). And I ended up using Player on my home machine because I could easily get Gutsy packages for it (and Player 2.0.x was also better than Server at the time). Jay,

The desktop PC that I’ve been running player on at home is a 1.7 GHz Athlon XP w/768 MB of RAM and it seems to run okay. The main issue I’ve had is running Player and Eclipse at the same time (developing outside of the VM and publishing to it), because Eclipse wants more RAM (I’ve got a lot of plugins and features installed depending on what language or toolkit I’m using).

As for Workstation vs. Server, the beta of Server 2.0 was not out yet and WS6 is significantly better than Server 1.0 (see http://www.virtualization.info/lab/VMwareWKS60_vs_VMwareSVR10.pdf). And I ended up using Player on my home machine because I could easily get Gutsy packages for it (and Player 2.0.x was also better than Server at the time).

]]> By: Jay http://blog.infinitechaos.com/2007/11/17/from-the-stone-age-to-the-future-in-6-weeks/comment-page-1/#comment-394 Jay Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:37:42 +0000 http://infinitechaos.com/2007/11/17/from-the-stone-age-to-the-future-in-6-weeks/#comment-394 Kyle, I'm surprised that you're using "older" VMware products, like workstation and player. Why not Server? Since it's just as free and I'm pretty sure more functional. I'm not 100% on the image portability though. I think you're right that it's nice to see such a pervasive use of an enabling technology (that's so enabling exactly because it's so pervasive). I've been thinking that as soon as I can get my home server straightened up (which will take some effort) I'll get a few more appliances going at home... but now you made me think that I need a better machine ;) Kyle,
I’m surprised that you’re using “older” VMware products, like workstation and player. Why not Server? Since it’s just as free and I’m pretty sure more functional. I’m not 100% on the image portability though.
I think you’re right that it’s nice to see such a pervasive use of an enabling technology (that’s so enabling exactly because it’s so pervasive).
I’ve been thinking that as soon as I can get my home server straightened up (which will take some effort) I’ll get a few more appliances going at home… but now you made me think that I need a better machine ;)

]]> By: Rouslan Solomakhin http://blog.infinitechaos.com/2007/11/17/from-the-stone-age-to-the-future-in-6-weeks/comment-page-1/#comment-392 Rouslan Solomakhin Fri, 23 Nov 2007 23:57:10 +0000 http://infinitechaos.com/2007/11/17/from-the-stone-age-to-the-future-in-6-weeks/#comment-392 I agree that vmware products rock. They save <a href="http://www.mobilearmor.com" rel="nofollow">us</a> a bunch of time. I agree that vmware products rock. They save us a bunch of time.

]]> By: kyle http://blog.infinitechaos.com/2007/11/17/from-the-stone-age-to-the-future-in-6-weeks/comment-page-1/#comment-391 kyle Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:32:08 +0000 http://infinitechaos.com/2007/11/17/from-the-stone-age-to-the-future-in-6-weeks/#comment-391 I have not played with Xen or KVM. I don't have the hardware for KVM and I'm not really interested in changing the setup on my personal box, so I'm limited to hosted virtualization options. Also, I need to be careful when it comes to viewing source for other virtualization products. ;-) I have not played with Xen or KVM. I don’t have the hardware for KVM and I’m not really interested in changing the setup on my personal box, so I’m limited to hosted virtualization options.

Also, I need to be careful when it comes to viewing source for other virtualization products. ;-)

]]> By: j b http://blog.infinitechaos.com/2007/11/17/from-the-stone-age-to-the-future-in-6-weeks/comment-page-1/#comment-390 j b Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:04:24 +0000 http://infinitechaos.com/2007/11/17/from-the-stone-age-to-the-future-in-6-weeks/#comment-390 Have you played with Xen, KVM, and friends as well? I've used VMware and Xen both quite a bit. I would recommend giving a lighter virtualization a spin. I wouldn't say vmware is a cure all for all virtualization purposes. but then, I haven't tried all their products, so perhaps they DO have a cure all :-b Have you played with Xen, KVM, and friends as well? I’ve used VMware and Xen both quite a bit. I would recommend giving a lighter virtualization a spin.

I wouldn’t say vmware is a cure all for all virtualization purposes.
but then, I haven’t tried all their products, so perhaps they DO have a cure all :-b

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