[ale] Virtualization question

[Joshua Kite]

Thank you both for your replies.  I just realized that I had a
misunderstanding about the vmware license.  I'm going to give that one more
try.

This is the first that I've heard about LXC.  That's very interesting
functionality, but I have to read up on it more.  KVM and VirtualBox are
probably good choices if ESXi doesn't work out for me.

Thanks again.

Josh Kite

On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 1:09 PM, John Scott <John.Scott at peak10.com> wrote:

>  If you want easy with x86 compatibility and not have to change your base
> OS preference, check into VirtualBox.  You can get the host hypervisor via
> apt-get on ubuntu and there is good documentation available on
> virtualbox.org.
>
>
>
> *From:* ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] *On Behalf Of *Joshua
> Kite
> *Sent:* Saturday, November 06, 2010 11:02 AM
> *To:* Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> *Subject:* [ale] Virtualization question
>
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> I am looking for advice on how to set up some virtual environments for use
> at home.
>
> I have a server, and I want it to have two distinct functions.  One is
> network filtering, etc. using squid and some other applications.  The other
> is my basic web/file/print server.  I may want to play with something else
> in the future, so virtualization seems like the right choice.
>
> The hardware that I have available is a dual xeon hyperthreaded 32 bit
> machine.  And that's the problem.  I would like to run a bare-metal
> hypervisor, but all of the current ones seem to be for 64-bit only.  That
> makes sense, but it doesn't work for me.  I actually installed the previous
> version of VMWare's ESXi only to find out that the free license will only
> allow me to make use of one of the processors once the trial period is up.
>
> So the next option appears to be a light OS for a host system with a
> hypervisor running inside of it.  I have run Ubuntu for both desktop and
> server for the past 5 or so years, but I am willing to consider other
> distributions for both host and guest for the network filtering OS.  I'll
> probably use Ubuntu for the web/file/print functionality since I'm most
> familiar with it.
>
> I have been fighting with my home server for weeks after a crash, and I'm
> kind of tired of playing with it, so I am looking for a very dumbed down,
> easy solution with step by step instructions for installation and automatic
> startup of guests.
>
> Do any of you have recommendations?
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> Josh Kite
>
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