Re: advice on setting up lab
- From: Mark [MS] <MarkMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 15:25:11 -0700
Virtual PC sucks, VMWare is a much more refined piece of software, im
comfortably running 2 x 2003 Domain Controllers (@256Ram) and
client(@256Ram). I have a gig of ram in my machine and with all three
running, task manager reports only 596 Ram in use.
You would be mad to do anything else, as the whole 'clone' feature is quite
amazing. Ive build a couple of servers and taken a snapshot post install. I
can now just clone this machine as it sits (in < 20 seconds) then do whatever
i want with it and then just delete it when ive dirtied it, all along the way
i can take snapshots in case i want to jump back a few steps and try
something again.
Spend your money and buy a big ass tft instead. Oh and another gig of ram.
P.s. I have 5 P4 3Ghz in my own lab which are just about to be DECOMISSIONED
in favour of the VMWare. True its nice to have all the machines sitting
there, but jumping between them is a pain in the ass, likewise is flicking
between them on a KVM. Also with 3-4 computers running the room ends up 5-6
degrees warmer!
Mark.
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