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On 08/17/2011 12:09 PM, Boris Borisov wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I never done any installation of virtual servers and I want to start experimenting with the technology. Whats is the minimum CPU+MB that I can buy in Microcenter ( I work nearby ) for my needs. Bear in mind is going to be only for tests learning purpose not for production :)
Thank you for all suggestions !
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<p>If you don't want to run MS products and only Linux try OpenVZ.
It's the easiest to get running and has scads of various OS
templates and does not require any special hardware. In my
experience VirtualBox from Sun and now Oracle is the easiest to
get running if you need Winders and have the <span
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hardware containing virtualization extensions (Intel VT or
AMD-V)</span></span>. KVM is the native Linux solution but is
much less mature and may be a bit more challenging to get
running. I suspect all the MBs available today support CPUs with
the virtualization extensions but you need to match the board with
the right CPU. There are way too many chips out there to possibly
list them here but select one you like and check the specs for the
VT or AMD-V specification. Most of the middle of the road to
higher end CPUs with multiple cores have the virtualization
extensions. For instance the intel Atom and Celeron products
probably won't have extensions.<br>
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<p>And LXC is another light weight solution that doesn't require any
special hardware, like OpenVZ but I was unable to get it working
right myself. It's also under active development meaning it's
less mature.<br>
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<p>Jim,<br>
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