Re: what to do when FreeBSD cannot do something?
On 07.07.2010, at 23:24, Henrik Hudson wrote: One caveat is that ESX / ESXi are very picky about their hardware and pretty much won't run on anything but server class devices (mobo, NICs and CPU are the big ones). Yes, I'm aware of that. We have entry level, but ESXi compatible, HP and IBM servers. VMware still has their VMware Server (software) solution, but it's slowly being phased out. Also, it's against the EULA to use ESXi for commercial / reseller purposes and ESX isn't cheap. Oh, wasn't aware about the ESXi EULA... will check, thank you. Iv___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: what to do when FreeBSD cannot do something?
On 08.07.2010, at 03:04, Olivier Nicole wrote: That's the idea: bare metal and free, proxmox has something based on... I don't remember. I opted for vmware becuase it seems to be more wide spread. Yes, that's what I think, too. You will have to make your fingers dirty, because once you are installing any OS on a virtual machine, it is as dirty as installing on a bare hardware: you need to learn how to install, tune and secure that new OS... Good luck, Right. It's rather the comfort that I can have the right for every case (i. e. Oracle, Interbase) without asking for budget for a physical machine and having to take care of one more physical machine. Thank you for your thoughts, Iv___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
what to do when FreeBSD cannot do something?
Hello everyone, I have been using FreeBSD since 4.x for web related applications (php, Apache, PostgreSQL, Postfix, Cyrus IMAP, etc.), and while I am not an expert, I feel quite comfortable. Lately I find myself in situations where I have I have to take care of legacy Oracle (10g on Windows) and Interbase (6 on Linux) databases and sometimes legacy OS which need to be run for some time in a virtual machine, and I have difficulties to accomplish this with FreeBSD - no Oracle port, no Interbase port and only VirtualBox support, which is a bit unclear to me. What is the recommended parallel way for a person, who feels comfortable with FreeBSD, when FreeBSD cannot do the job? - i. e. is it a good idea to go towards Solaris, instead of Linux? Or rather go towards some sort of Linux? Thank you, Iv___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: what to do when FreeBSD cannot do something?
Hi, What is the recommended parallel way for a person, who feels comfortable with FreeBSD, when FreeBSD cannot do the job? - i. e. is it a good idea to go towards Solaris, instead of Linux? Or rather go towards some sort of Linux? I see 2 questions in one. What virtulization system to use? Personnally I use ESXi from vmware What OS to use instead of FreeBSD? It depends on what is recommended for your application, what resources you have available around you, etc. For a similar problem I choosed Ubuntu because Ubuntu was well supported by the application and some colleagues had a decent knwoledge of ubuntu. Best regards, olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: what to do when FreeBSD cannot do something?
What virtulization system to use? Personnally I use ESXi from vmware This was a great tip, thank you. I wasn't aware that ESXi is a bare metal and free. What OS to use instead of FreeBSD? It depends on what is recommended for your application, what resources you have available around you, etc. For a similar problem I choosed Ubuntu because Ubuntu was well supported by the application and some colleagues had a decent knwoledge of ubuntu. I am not fanatic about FreeBSD, but I feel very comfortable with it and I resist change. However your ESXi tip would allow me to run ESXi on bare metal and virtualize simple installations of the unpleasant legacy OSes without making my fingers too dirty. Thank you very much, Iv___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: what to do when FreeBSD cannot do something?
On Wed, 07 Jul 2010, Iv Ray wrote: What virtulization system to use? Personnally I use ESXi from vmware This was a great tip, thank you. I wasn't aware that ESXi is a bare metal and free. What OS to use instead of FreeBSD? It depends on what is recommended for your application, what resources you have available around you, etc. For a similar problem I choosed Ubuntu because Ubuntu was well supported by the application and some colleagues had a decent knwoledge of ubuntu. I am not fanatic about FreeBSD, but I feel very comfortable with it and I resist change. However your ESXi tip would allow me to run ESXi on bare metal and virtualize simple installations of the unpleasant legacy OSes without making my fingers too dirty. Thank you very much, One caveat is that ESX / ESXi are very picky about their hardware and pretty much won't run on anything but server class devices (mobo, NICs and CPU are the big ones). VMware still has their VMware Server (software) solution, but it's slowly being phased out. Also, it's against the EULA to use ESXi for commercial / reseller purposes and ESX isn't cheap. henrik -- Henrik Hudson li...@rhavenn.net - God, root, what is difference? Pitr; UF ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: what to do when FreeBSD cannot do something?
What virtulization system to use? Personnally I use ESXi from vmware This was a great tip, thank you. I wasn't aware that ESXi is a bare metal and free. That's the idea: bare metal and free, proxmox has something based on... I don't remember. I opted for vmware becuase it seems to be more wide spread. What OS to use instead of FreeBSD? It depends on what is recommended for your application, what resources you have available around you, etc. For a similar problem I choosed Ubuntu because Ubuntu was well supported by the application and some colleagues had a decent knwoledge of ubuntu. I am not fanatic about FreeBSD, but I feel very comfortable with it and I resist change. However your ESXi tip would allow me to run ESXi on bare metal and virtualize simple installations of the unpleasant legacy OSes without making my fingers too dirty. You will have to make your fingers dirty, because once you are installing any OS on a virtual machine, it is as dirty as installing on a bare hardware: you need to learn how to install, tune and secure that new OS... Good luck, olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
