Tharin, I think you just upped the ante for all the computer geeks on this list. Awesome man.
On Nov 9, 2007 6:09 PM, Tharin Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Only just recently have I gotten into virtualization and golly gee, I think > it's swell! > > I rebuilt my personal computer as a low power / quiet system in a slim case. > I don't do any gaming so I just needed something that could play high > quality H.264 videos without a hitch. > > I also consolidated several systems into one quad core computer w/4gb of > ram. I've got all sorts of VM's on it such as Win2003 Server, CentOS, > Ubuntu, FreeBSD, Win2K Pro, etc. Primarily it acts as a file server with 2TB > (5x500gb RAID 5) storage space. I have Asterisk running on the host OS so it > can handle the telephony card that is installed and connected to my POTS > lines. I utilize the different vm's for various tasks like testing apps and > operating systems, ripping/encoding, file sharing, music&video streaming, > network backups, etc. I can connect to the various VM's from my pc or laptop > using Remote Desktop or VNC. Since it resides in my wiring closet on the > opposite end of the house I don't hear the slightest sound of a hard drive > clicking or a fan whirring :) > > -Tharin O. > > > Brian Weeden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was actually thinking about the virtualization comment from Tharin. > I use XP mainly because of gaming. I have Ubuntu on my laptop and > much prefer it for your daily office/internet/stuff usage but of > course gaming sucks. And I would really prefer to use OSX for my > video work because the tools are just easier to use and interface > better. > > Has anyone built a virtualization box? Meaning, it should be possible > to have 3 OS images (XP, Linux, OSX) and just moving between the three > as you see fit. Now that I could see needing a quadcore and about 4GB > of RAM. > > Aside from I/O becoming your chokepoint, anything else I'm not > thinking about that would prevent such a setup from running? > > -- > Brian Weeden > > > On 11/7/07, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: > > that looks like a fine board to me...core 2 quad is your ticket... > > > > we seem to have very similar needs in a PC. > > > > Brian Weeden wrote: > > > Right now I'm playing Orange Box (friggin AWESOME), Bioshock (when it > > > doesn't crash), Civ 4, and AOE 3. I'm mainly an RTS / strategy gamer > > > but do grab the occasional FPS but only the ones with good first > > > person as I don't get into the multiplayer shooters much. > > > > > > For mobo I was looking at the ASUS P5K-E/WIFI-AP > > > http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813131196 > > > > > > Dual video cards is not something I plan on doing anytime soon but > > > onboard USB, Fireware, LAN, and audio is. > > > > > > > > > > -- Brian Weeden
