I use Xen with headless Deban on a Lenovo TS140 which runs around $300 + storage. I use xen-tools to create VMs. It works pretty well for me.
On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Holland Griffis <[email protected]> wrote: > The new NUC 6's take up to 32 gigs of ram. If you get the SYH model you can > put an M.2 and a regular ssd in for tons of fast vm storage. > > On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 9:54 AM, Kent Perrier <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> My work laptop runs RHEL with KVM and virt-manager installed and I use >> that for quick VMs to do some fast troubleshooting/issue reproduction. Its >> when I out grow the RAM on my laptop (and the disk too if I really want to >> do anything with Satellite and capsules) is where I have problems. OpenShift >> and OpenStack don't play well in small memory environments. :) >> >> Thanks for the pointers. I think I will get a NUC with an external USB >> hard drive to start with. >> >> Kent >> >> On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 3:06 AM, Zachariah Gibbens <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> I run Debian and KVM on my laptop from 2014, 64 bit AMD with 4GB of ram, >>> so it has it's limits. It was $300 back then. Xen or XenServer can run >>> inside Virtualbox (sadly KVM cannot, the VMX/SMV flags don't get passed to >>> the guest, but nothing says you couldn't run KVM on the laptop hardware and >>> still use it for the everyday too)E >>> >>> Everything I'm doing with Debian (at least pertaining to your goals) >>> Should be doable with RHEL too. The entry point for running KVM is easier >>> than it's ever been. >>> >>> On 08/06/2016 12:20 AM, Holland Griffis wrote: >>> >>> NUCs work fine. Lots of people using them for ESXi and KVM based home >>> labs. >>> >>> On Friday, August 5, 2016, Kent Perrier <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I find myself in need of some hardware that can run KVM so I can >>>> test/play with some tech here at home. Cost, noise and heat are concerns (I >>>> know, I know, pick two....) so old real server class hardware isn't an >>>> option. Anyone built a home lab out of intel NUCs, mini-itx based systems, >>>> etc that work well? 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