<quote who="Sridhar Dhanapalan"> > We're getting a new box at work to host virtual machines, and I'm > trying to figure out what the best virtualisation solution might be. > The specs will very likely be a dual quad-core CPU with 32GB RAM, > running CentOS. > > I'd like to have something that: > > * is FOSS
Check. > * is easy to manage (I've got other responsibilities and don't want to > be bogged down with sysadmin work) Depends on what you mean by manage, but if you're trying to avoid being a part time sysadmin, then something clicky might be best. > * can preferably also run on our Fedora 8 desktops, so we can share VM > images Check. > * can support a wide variety of guest OSs (especially Linux, Windows > and Solaris) Check. The answer is VirtualBox. :-) But if you want something nicer, use VMWare Server (free but not Free). - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2010: Wellington, NZ http://www.penguinsvisiting.org.nz/ "NASCAR is not race per se. It's just a contest about who can turn left the best." - Unknown -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
