On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:53:19 -0000, Alex McLintock <[email protected]> wrote:
> I see that there is a minimum spec for UEC which I can read at > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEC/SystemRequirements > > I'm throwing together a play UEC system with machines I have lying > around the house. Two are fairly old Xeon based machines - dual cpu, 2 > cores per CPU. The aim is that this could run 8 small virtual machines > - one per core. I also have several single core 1Gb machines which > could run single VMs. I believe this is possible with KVM though I am > no expert. However the system requirements says that for the node > controllers VT extensions *are* needed. > > Is this true. Should I abandon all hope of installing UEC on anything > without VT extensions? > > I also note that it doesn't say this for the cluster controller. > Presumably the cluster controller doesn't need VT extensions because > it doesn't run any VMs... By default it is NOT a node controller. > right? > the cloud controller doesn't need vt extensions. i've successfully run the cc and web stack in a vm before. it needs plenty of ram though. the node controllers do need vt just as a prerequisite to running kvm afaik. cheers, kapil -- Ubuntu-cloud mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-cloud
