Re: what to do when FreeBSD cannot do something?

2010-07-09 Thread Iv Ray
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

Re: what to do when FreeBSD cannot do something?

2010-07-09 Thread Iv Ray
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

what to do when FreeBSD cannot do something?

2010-07-07 Thread Iv Ray
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)

Re: what to do when FreeBSD cannot do something?

2010-07-07 Thread Olivier Nicole
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?

Re: what to do when FreeBSD cannot do something?

2010-07-07 Thread Iv Ray
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,

Re: what to do when FreeBSD cannot do something?

2010-07-07 Thread Henrik Hudson
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

Re: what to do when FreeBSD cannot do something?

2010-07-07 Thread Olivier Nicole
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