Agreed. Proxmox is awesome for tiny, clonable instances. I use KVM for most things, but proxmox for things like tossing up LAMP instances for devs.
On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 9:14 AM, George Toft <geo...@georgetoft.com> wrote: > proxmox rox! Thanks for the tip. > > Regards, > > George Toft > > On 10/31/2012 4:49 PM, JD Austin wrote: > > I second the Proxmox VE recommendation; expecially if you use the virtio > drivers. > http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/WindowsGuestDrivers/Download_Drivers > If you must have USB support then go with Virtualbox though. > > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Eric Shubert <e...@shubes.net> wrote: > >> While I still have a couple hosts running VMWare Server 2.0.2 on CentOS >> 5.x, I've given up that ship. I think you're walking on thin ice running >> VMWare Server 2 on just about anything these days, especially Windoze. I >> doubt you'll find much help solving any problems with Server 2, given that >> VMWare has dropped it as I expect most users have also by now. >> >> I highly recommend running Proxmox VE as a virtualization host platform. >> It's similar to VMware Server in many ways, but I've found it even easier >> to use. While it requires a cpu that supports virtualization, that's not so >> hard to find these days. >> >> We're beginning to document the process of building a Tagcose server >> based on PVE. See http://tagcose.com for details. We meet monthly at UAT >> (2nd Sat) to work on Tagcose development. You're welcome to join us if >> you'd like. >> >> -- >> -Eric 'shubes' >> >> >> >> >> On 10/28/2012 01:13 PM, George Toft wrote: >> >>> Continuing saga . . . >>> SMB and FTP from another physical to this virtual run at full speed. >>> SMB from every Win7 box except this one runs at full speed. The >>> communications bog down only for SMB/FTP on the physical host to the >>> VM. Next step is to build a dedicated VMware host. I probably should >>> have done that to begin with, but was trying to cut down on the number >>> of physical systems running. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> George Toft >>> >>> On 10/28/2012 7:13 AM, Michael Havens wrote: >>> >>>> thanks for the update! >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 10:07 PM, George Toft <geo...@georgetoft.com >>>> <mailto:geo...@georgetoft.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Further investigation shows it's not FTP nor samba. It's Windows >>>> 7 (which I used for Windows file and FTP). Using smbclient on a >>>> Linux box I get 19MB/sec and FTP from Linux I get 32MB/sec. >>>> Concurrent with replacing the old file server was the purchase of >>>> a new PC. I guess we know what XP does better than Windows 7. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> George Toft >>>> >>>> On 10/27/2012 6:01 PM, George Toft wrote: >>>> >>>> Spent several hours researching this one - can't find a >>>> solution. I hope someone here can hit me with a clue-by-four. >>>> >>>> CentOS 6.3 64-bit virtual running under VMware 2.0.2 fresh >>>> install with FTP/Samba/NFS running. I copied 500+GB of data >>>> from the old computer to the new one using NFS at full network >>>> speed (11+ MB/sec). Life's good. >>>> >>>> Now here it is a day later, and my samba write speed is a >>>> blazing 80KB/sec (up from 40KB/s when I started >>>> troubleshooting). I read samba should approach FTP speed and >>>> I verified it does - FTP writes to the new machine at about >>>> the same speed. Reads still take place a full speed (now it's >>>> on a 1Gbps network) - 33MB/sec. Writes . . . 99.8% slower. I >>>> did not have this problem on the previous samba server (CentOS >>>> 4.8 32-bit). >>>> >>>> I added memory (it now has 1GB RAM, 1 GB swap) and it has 2 >>>> CPU's. This had no effect. >>>> >>>> In summary, NFS works at full speed both ways. Samba/FTP are >>>> fast on reads but snail slow on writes. >>>> >>>> My next thought is to install ClearOS, test it, and copy their >>>> smb.conf. Or install CentOS 5.x and see if it has the same >>>> problems. >>>> >>>> Any ideas where to look on this one? smb.conf necessary. >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>> <mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us> >>>> >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list -PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail > settings:http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- James McPhee jmc...@gmail.com
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