On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 13:22, Gund Wehsling wrote:
I am only familiar with VMWare.
Well VMWare is the best virtual machine "emulator" for Windows and Linux systems. I have a license for it myself but don't use it much anymore.
But open to new ideas.
UserMode Linux is a "free" way of doing Linux Virtual Machines. More difficult but good for a server environment.
A customer wants wot make xyz work with abc in his specific environment. So I build the system in a VMWare session and prove it works before going out to the site and implimenting the change, a nice way to do things on a limited budget. Also, I have pre-built machines in a virtual lab that I use to test new software for campatibility reasons etc.
Sounds like you're using the right tool for the job then. VMWare is good for that. Especially with it's HDD changes rollback support. Makes testing very easy. You probably don't need 4GB of RAM to do this though. Unless you're running heaps of instances of VMWare at the same time that is. Regards -- Oliver Jones » Director » oliver(a)deeperdesign.com » +64 (21) 41 2238 Deeper Design Limited » +64 (7) 377 3328 » www.deeperdesign.com