[ale] OT: hardware forumn

[John Heim]

I was thinking of trying other virtualization solutions under linux but my 
department has just gotten into VMWare in a big way.  I neglected to mention 
that I am actually trying to kill 3 birds with one stone. I had VMWare 
server2 working at one point and it helped me a little (but only a little) 
when trying to pick up VMWare ESX. Still, and I hate to say this but when 
you're blind, every little edge counts.   Its painful to see the really 
juicy assignments go to guys you know you could run circles around if you 
weren't blind.

About 3 years ago, I was trying to set up a VMWare ESX cluster and I ran the 
installer on a serial console. But it had a splash screen right at the start 
and you had to click the mouse to get past it. Obviously, there's no mouse 
on a serial console. So I couldn't do the install and the next thing I know, 
somebody else is responsible for our VMWare cluster.  That's why I spend my 
evenings and weekends improving my skill set. I know all good systems admins 
do that but for me, its especially important.

Well, anyway, I might be willing to sacrifice VMWare for another 
virtualization solution if it works well. I'm just kind of hoping to pick up 
a few things about VMWare while I'm working on this whole Windows domain 
thing. But probably all I'd get out of VMWare Workstation that would 
translate to ESX is some terminology.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Damon Chesser" <dchesser at acsi2000.com>
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] OT: hardware forumn


> If this is for your learning, forget about VMWare workstation:  Use KVM 
> and Virt-manager.  All you would need is hardware enabled virtualization 
> capable CPU and bios.
>
> http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/FAQ#What_do_I_need_to_use_KVM.3F
>
> Damon Chesser
> dchesser at acsi2000.com
> damon at damtek.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of John 
> Heim
> Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 12:44 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: [ale] OT: hardware forumn
>
> I'm looking for a good place to ask questions about PC hardware.
>
> I want to build a PC to run linux & VMWare workstation. I need to learn
> something about Windows systems administration (don't laugh) and I thought
> I'd make a virtual PDC and see if I can get virtual Windows machines to 
> join
> the domain. And since I'm blind, I thought I'd take the opportunity to 
> brush
> up on my hardware assembly skills too.
>
> So I need help specing out a machine and matching mobo, CPU, and RAM on
> newegg. But I don't know where to ask about that.
>
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