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Most lightweight way to have multiple virtual machines

  • 25-06-2006 12:06am
    #1
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,946 ✭✭✭


    Basically I want three OS simultaneousy running from my server. Of course I can use VMware\BOCHsS etc to do this.

    What I want to find out is what minimalist approach can I use to get the "base" system running that the virtual machines will run in? Im thinking linux of some description with the bare minimum to get them going.

    Any ideas?


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  • #2
    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,562 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    If I were doing I would use XEN on Debian ideally with a CPU that supports hardware virtualization. I think that's probably the cleanest and best performing solution.

    That said a solution like VMware on a minimal Linux install would probably be quicker to setup and have less of a learning curve if you just want to put something together quickly. Again I'd pick Debian as it's quick to setup, has a very small base install footprint and is very easy to manage (plus I'm a Debian user).


  • #3
    zilog_jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,638 ✭✭✭zilog_jones


    I'd also recommend Debian or Ubuntu, but if you need Windows VMs, Xen is out of the question. The costly VMware packages like ESX Server don't run on a host OS IIRC, but they cost money of course.

    If you're looking for something free like VMware Server, I'd still recommend Debian/Ubuntu. What you can do is a basic "server" install (i.e. no GUI or anything), and use the VMware client on other PC's to view them.


  • #4
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,946 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    If you're looking for something free like VMware Server, I'd still recommend Debian/Ubuntu. What you can do is a basic "server" install (i.e. no GUI or anything), and use the VMware client on other PC's to view them.

    Bingo!

    Thats exactly what I want, a virtual machine that does not have to output a display on its host.

    It's been a while since ive used debian, time to go back to my roots.


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