 JTCAlways Mount A Scratch Monkey
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Re: Virtualbox, vmware server 2.x, same machine said by pablo:Depending on which VM you start first, you may not get hardware-level optimization (e.g. VT-x/AMD-V and/or Nested Paging) but you should get a pretty good idea of how things work (or not!  with VBox. Right, but will running VBox at the same time as VMWare server 2.x on the same machine cause problems with either one, that's my question.
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pabloMVM
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kudos:1 | said by JTC:Right, but will running VBox at the same time as VMWare server 2.x on the same machine cause problems with either one, that's my question. As long as there is no resource contention, there shouldn't be a problem. For example, suppose you were trying to share a serial port, there'd be a problem. Bridging should handle NIC requirements.
You probably already know this, do not over-subscribe your RAM. 
Cheers,
-pablo
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kudos:1 | reply to JTC
Only one's kernel module should be inserted at a time. Otherwise you may hardlock the host.
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pabloMVM
join:2003-06-23
kudos:1 | reply to JTC
Hi,
Did you ever try VBox? I was wondering if it was a thumbs up or down.
Cheers,
-pablo
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JTCAlways Mount A Scratch Monkey
join:2002-01-09
USA | No, I've not had a chance to look at it any closer, or even followup on the thread (being a responsible adult sucks at times). Besides, with the info that jdong added in about loading the kernel module has made me gun shy about 'just trying it'.
I may have to wait until I can build a smaller box and move some of the VM's over to test.
Thanks for the info everyone, it's appreciated.
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 GomezExile in waitingPremium,Ex-Mod 06-11
join:2001-02-21
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We ditched VMware and switched to »wiki.openvz.org/Main_Page about a year ago.
Primary usage is for engineering testing as well as Q/A. About 50 containers in use.
Only problem is with one app, that is essentially real-time, and depends on extremely precise clocking, and it took us months to discover the corner.
Nice thing about the container is that it's fairly transparent unlike a VM. An app still runs native speed, and talks to most devices directly.
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JTCAlways Mount A Scratch Monkey
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USA | I looked at that one a while ago, and I wasn't too crazy about having something that requires a specific kernel to run.
I'm also not crazy about the lack of a true live migration. Being able to move a running VM from one machine to another in the case of machine maintenance is a huge plus. But I may have to take a closer look at openvz again, thank you for the suggestion.
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