> To the original poster: May I ask what advantages you will be getting by > running slimserver in a separate VM?
He says: "I want to run a slimserver within a vmware guest operating system. This will also let me move the slimserver os at will if/when I upgrade to Mac Os" Now let me admit, that I am a big fan of virtualization :-). I am seriously considering building a dedicated VMware server for my own needs, which would run nothing but VMware. Today's dualcore CPUs offer more than enough power to easily run a bunch of VMs on a standard PC (we're running 4-6 Windows/IIS/MSSQL servers on 2x3GHz machines). A few weeks ago I formatted my former Linux desktop PC (Athlon 1GHz, 1GB RAM), installed CentOS with only SSH and VMware. I'm using it for all testing and development of SlimCD & SlimNAS, sometimes running three different systems at the same time. So... while I can't answer why the OP wants to run SlimServer in a VM, I do have some reasons why I'd want it: - HW-independance: buy a faster box, install VMware, move a bunch of files, you're up and running again. No need to re-install and re-configure all your systems - don't worry whether your OS of choice does have drivers for the hardware's SCSI/SATA/Whatever - create a VM with 2TB of disk space, even if you only have 100GB; build a larger VM server as you grow - run your stable environment even when it's getting out of date: I have my home server running mail and web services for my home needs. They do an excellent job for what I want. I therefore don't want to touch them. OTOH I'd like to install new software which can't be run on that old Linux box (RH 7.3 based!). With a VM server I could easily create a second machine running the latest, bleeding edge software - run other VMs with a completely different OS environment on the same hardware (eg. lean Linux for SlimServer, Windows for your Exchange server etc.) - add new machines as you need them without caring about new hardware - one big machine consumes less energy than a few smaller ones I hope I do not sound like a VM* solutions provider - the above is my experience and conviction. -- Michael ----------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.herger.net/SlimCD - your SlimServer on a CD http://www.herger.net/slim - AlbumReview, Biography, MusicInfoSCR _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
