RE: Server

["Andy Laurence" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris Hunter <mailto:cjhunter@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> It would be really handy to be able to run several systems at
> once ...
> in our case I'm always switching between OS6.5 & OS7.5, and OS8.6
or
> OS9.2 & OS10.4 & (one day) 'XP according to the software &
> machine I'm trying to use ... swaps mostly do take well under
> a minute, but it would be better if it was less than a second !
>
> (don't mention Classic, which I found to be just a joke !)

I don't know anything about Macs.  I've stayed away since I first tried
one.  I was trying to eject a CD from it, but couldn't work out how.  I
tried pressing the button, and looked through dozens of menus.  I
finally found a menu item somewhere that ejected the CD.  I later found
out that you can eject a CD by dragging it into the trash.  As for
virtualisation, the best product I've used is VMWare ESX.  That requires
a very specific hardware to run, as it's an OS in its own right.  VMWare
GSX runs on a host OS, be it Linux or Windows.  I'm a big fan, as it
allows me to run concurrent servers on one piece of hardware at home.
This means that I can silo applications onto different servers, so a
dodgy upgrade to a xAPplication doesn't bring down my mail server, or a
dodgy script on my web site doesn't stop my heating working!  In an
enterprise situation, VMotion allows you to move virtual servers across
multiple physical servers in seconds.

Cheers,
Andy