On 01/08/11 10:01, Gavin McDonald wrote:
Hi Terry, I have no issues with mysql, we have a few under VMs and are ok, we
could move
to postgres at a later date if needed - if we went that far I'd also consider
moving to FreeBSD.
Anyway, for now, can you give me some Ubuntu VM specs so I can create them for
the Forums
and the Wiki -- we can then get them setup and working as a test and ready for
a final dump/load
when we switch over, in the meantime we can check the loads of the VM hosts etc
to be sure
all will be ok.
Just amount of RAM and disk space required should be all I need - and 1 or 2
cpu , then I'll get an
Ubuntu VM up for each. We try and stick to LTS releases so will get it to
10.04.3 LTS version unless
you have a reason we should use a later Ubuntu release.
I track Ubuntu current for my laptop and home server, and use Ubuntu LTS
by preference for my LAMP VMs. I use a 2 disk split with a common
immutable system image and an app-specific /var (with callback hooks in
the startup so the app can tailor the system). I've just rebaseline my
VMs from 10.04-1 LTS to 10.03-1 LTS. If you guys have already developed
an Ubuntu VM template then I can always pick up that. If not then I'll
write up my template and make sure the licensing of my IPR / content is
OK, so you have the option to reuse it.
I would prefer to stick with Ubuntu VMs for now because I like to keep
local mirrors of any prod system for release development/rehearsal and
hunting down live problems. I currently use VirtualBox, but I can
reinstall VMserver on my local server so that I can switch my VMs from
VBox Guest Utils to VMware Tools. (I like to exactly mirror any prod
systems locally.)
Installing and getting to grips with the bowels of FreeBSD server is
just another learning curve that I would like to avoid at the moment.
I've already got a learning curve on compliance with your own
infrastructure standards on Identification & Access Control, Backup,
Logging, Intrusion Detection, Status Report, ....
//Terry
