On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Kapil Thangavelu < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > Alex, you might consider installing Eucalyptus on your own and using Xen. The install and setup may be a little more involved, but it would alleviate the need for VT. Good luck! Cheers, Jeremy (wow, just noticed how far behind I am on the conversation -- discussion started on April 26) -- Jeremy Fluhmann *Technology Director* *Winters ISD* *Futuristic - Analytical - Ideation - Relator - Learner* *http://twitter.com/jfluhmann* *http://identi.ca/jfluhmann* *http://jfluhmann.edublogs.org*
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