dohnut
@look.ca
| New Toy...
I just ordered in one of these little brutes.
»www.canadacomputers.com/index.ph···d=170.45
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Visionary I71000 - Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33Ghz, Intel GMA 3100 (Vista Aero support), 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 800, 500GB HDD, 18X DVD-Writer
I'm planning to run Opensuse 11.1 on it, natch, but I'd feel I was wasting all that power. Already plan to use it as the main server on my network as print and file server, but I'm curious if I should virtualize my OS and run a few others simultaneously under VMware. Any suggestions on how to effectively utilize all that power effectively from the get go? |
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usa2k
Please PRAY for Rebekah
Premium,MVM
join:2003-01-26
Canton, MI
clubs: |  Re: New Toy...
I am jealous! A real 64bit multicore machine like that, I would definitely take the leaning opportunity for making things a Xen Virtual Machine.
»Xen vs. ESXi |
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dohnut
@look.ca | So keeping aside 300 gigs for a home partition, which other OSes would you recommend putting on this box? I'm thinking Suse and XP for sure. What else would be a good candidate for this machine? Maybe FreeBSD? Any other suggestions? |
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Voltar
join:2009-04-18
Bakersfield, CA | I would give FreeBSD a shot. The base system alone is very secure and powerful, and the ports are fantastic to work with. If you've ever used Gentoo and Portage, you'll feel at homes with the ports collection. |
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dohnut
@look.ca
| I ended up cancelling the order for the desktop and buying one of these instead...
»www.futureshop.ca/catalog/prodde···4&catid=
I'll probably wait til around xmas to replace my desktop. |
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