Roger, Testing linux on a pc in vmware is also nice...
And with the virtual nets or connections, it's just like using a terminal server, no drop in performance, near real time refresh over gigabit nets! But not for newbies who dont RT[F]M... Dar, I dont know how you managed, but we run VMW virtual clusters over multidomains, virtual LANs with AD and DFS and no such probs as you descripbe! We had a few gurus, budget for consultants and the right hardware though. VMW is not for the weak of budget or occasional PC user either! Hardware is 2-4 GBs of RAM, NAS or lots of RAID storage, and definitely a Gb network recommented for a reasonable performance to use Window 2K3. HP has a config with blade servers runnning VMWs... Quite nice but I still prefer metaframes or Terminal servers over W2K[3]. Cheaper and faster... But not as flexible. In comparison, using Terminal server, all you need is a P4, 256MBs of ram, and a fast network to have good performance. BTW, Do you need a RR license for each instance of RR you run? > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 16:21 > To: How to use Revolution > Subject: RE: OT: Virtual PC vs "Real" PC > > > > Besides, VPC compared to VMWare is like a toy car compared to > > a real car. HP sells VPC as a virtual server now if this puts > > you in the picture. We use it a work to validate clusters and > > run experimental system installs. But vmware doesn't work on > > macs unfortunately. > > If you primarily develop for x-plat on a Mac, I would say that having > VMware running on an additional x86 box would give you an excellent > testing area for multiple Rev supported operating systems. With VMware, > you can have multiple OS' running simultaneously, including various > flavors of Linux and WinXP, Win2K, WinMe, NT, bla bla bla. Basically > anything that was designed for X86 hardware. I have used VMware from > within Linux to run Windows Me, and there was practically no drop in > performance compared to booting directly into a native x86 OS. Of course > because you are running them simultaneously, you do have to share system > resources. > > Roger Eller <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
