Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualization where to go from VMWare-Server-1?

2010-08-28 Thread Petri Rosenström
Hi, if you are not afraid of the command line I would recommend KVM. I use it for my virtualization needs. When you don't want the sdl window you may use the -vnc switch. -daemonize switch is great for running in the backgroud. the -balloon switch is great for memory savings, I recommend KSM in

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualization where to go from VMWare-Server-1?

2010-08-28 Thread Konstantinos Agouros
In aanlkti=c4gb3gub=3zeedak-d6n9sjrexc6o2dhxv...@mail.gmail.com petri.rosenst...@gmail.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Petri_Rosenstr=C3=B6m?=) writes: Hello, does it work with a CPU that does not have the svm (I run on AMD)? Konstantin Hi, if you are not afraid of the command line I would recommend KVM. I

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualization where to go from VMWare-Server-1?

2010-08-28 Thread Petri Rosenström
I think it requires HVM ( egrep '^flags.*(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo ) from the CPU. So if kvm doesn't work you may use your VMs with qemu. Qemu/kvm supports VMware disc format so you might be able to use your old VMs without much effort. Petri Rosenström On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 11:21 AM,

[gentoo-user] Virtualization where to go from VMWare-Server-1?

2010-08-27 Thread Konstantinos Agouros
Hi, I am currently running a guest with VMware-Server-1. However the modules needed for that on the host are no longer supported and I am stuck with 2.6.31 for the moment. So I am thinking of alternatives. My requirements: It should only need as much RAM on the host as needed (so XEN with

Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualization where to go from VMWare-Server-1?

2010-08-27 Thread Bill Longman
On 08/27/2010 12:58 AM, Konstantinos Agouros wrote: Hi, I am currently running a guest with VMware-Server-1. However the modules needed for that on the host are no longer supported and I am stuck with 2.6.31 for the moment. So I am thinking of alternatives. My requirements: It should