Hi,
we are planning to migrate multiple physical servers to virtualization environment. I like VirtualBox, but coworkers prefer VMware (like VMware ESX). I know VirtualBox is oriented at desktop virtualization, but I am just wondering if there is any real big installation of VirtualBox out there, lets say at least 30 Windows guests on one Linux host?
Coworkers just say, that VMware ESX is know product, that is suitable for this task. What should be my key arguments to use VirtualBox in such environment?
- price,
- easy of use,
- what else?
One more argument for coworkers is Oracle acquisition of Sun. Will it continue to invest in VirtualBox?
Regards
Can I run 30 Windows guests on one Linux host?
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stefan.becker
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Re: Can I run 30 Windows guests on one Linux host?
Why not a terminal server like citrix?
German Howto (Linux): http://www.linuxforen.de/forums/showthread.php?t=236444
User Manual / Download Section: http://www.virtualbox.de/wiki/Downloads
FAQ: http://www.virtualbox.de/wiki/User_FAQ http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=8669
User Manual / Download Section: http://www.virtualbox.de/wiki/Downloads
FAQ: http://www.virtualbox.de/wiki/User_FAQ http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=8669
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kebabbert
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Re: Can I run 30 Windows guests on one Linux host?
Actually, VB is not as stable as VMware. This is because VB supports so many different OSes. VMware does not support as many. Therefore I suggest VMware. The time will soon come I hope, when I suggest VB before VMware. But for production, I suggest VMware. Non critical environment, I suggest VB. As for now. VB developers are making very speedy progress.
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Etepetete
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Re: Can I run 30 Windows guests on one Linux host?
The deal will have to go through first!abcuser wrote:...One more argument for coworkers is Oracle acquisition of Sun. Will it continue to invest in VirtualBox?
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abcuser
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Re: Can I run 30 Windows guests on one Linux host?
Yes I know that. But EU only opposition to MySQL as take over in whole package. So in the end the worst case is Oracle without MySQL.Etepetete wrote:The deal will have to go through first!abcuser wrote:...One more argument for coworkers is Oracle acquisition of Sun. Will it continue to invest in VirtualBox?
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AntiMatter
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Re: Can I run 30 Windows guests on one Linux host?
Hi,
For a modest VM Server hosting 4 to 6 VMs with 4 VMs running permanently (as DEV machines). With today technologies, what would be a better choice (in terms of performance, maintenance)?
1. Using Virtualbox on a Linux server
2. KVM
3. VMWare ESXi
Let assume I decide to opt for Virtualbox, which then run N workstations VMs simultaneously on the same host. Would that reach a critical threshold somewhere that would trigger a collapse either in stability or performance?
For a modest VM Server hosting 4 to 6 VMs with 4 VMs running permanently (as DEV machines). With today technologies, what would be a better choice (in terms of performance, maintenance)?
1. Using Virtualbox on a Linux server
2. KVM
3. VMWare ESXi
Let assume I decide to opt for Virtualbox, which then run N workstations VMs simultaneously on the same host. Would that reach a critical threshold somewhere that would trigger a collapse either in stability or performance?