On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, Martin Langhoff wrote:
> There are companies (Verio at least) offering a 'virtual machine'
> running a virtualized OS. Verio is offering NetBSD and Solaris. They
> have a seriouly large iron where many virtual machines run, each virtual
> machine gets a share of CPU, HD and RAM resources, an at least an IP
> address.
Woah.. I had never heard of this. Have you actually been on a box? I'm
calling them to see if a demo is available.
My guess would be that no matter how well they slice it, you're still
sharing hardware, and if some guy is running 100 java servlets on the
'real' box that you're sharing, you're gonna have to fight for time. It's
only an extra $60 or so to get a 'real' machine somewhere.. It depends,
like everything else, on your needs.
I'll let you know if they let me on a box. :)
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