Wow, thanks for the input, everyone. I figured it would take a fairly fast server. It's certainly worth a shot, though, since it would make deploying updated servers so much easier. I'll definitely let the list know how it goes if I go that route.
Thanks! Cindy John Lucas wrote: > I have done this several times for creating testbeds for production > servers (test things out on the VM before changing the production system). > > I also have a setup with virtual IPCop gateway, virtual diskless > workstation (with PXE), and virtual LTSP server (v4.2 on K12LTSP5 and > K12LTSP5EL) on my *laptop* (running Fedora) for offline demonstrations; > the 3 virtual hosts are on the "hostonly" network, with IPCop also on > the NAT network in VMWare. Connect the laptop to a projector or > bigscreen monitor and you can show off thin client technology to a group > without having to build a network on the spot. > > To run a production server as a VM would take a *really* fast server > with lots of RAM to get decent performance. > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cindy Murdock IT Services Director Meadville Public Library | CCFLS http://meadvillelibrary.org | http://ccfls.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
