On May 18, 2011, at 7:30 PM, ydjango wrote:

> I am thinking of creating a virtualized image of my complete django
> app with mysql so that I can clone/copy it on developers, qa and demo
> laptops. That way I do not have to do greenfield install on each
> developer computer which can take many hours.
> 
> Any suggestions on what should I use - 1) vmware server, 2) vmware
> desktop 3) Xenserver or any other . Any experiences?
> 
> I have not used any of these VM technologies.
> 
> Note: It is only for dev and testing use and it is not for production
> use. So free products are preferred.

It's not free, but we use Amazon EC2.  It's like having vmware, but you don't 
have to manage the host box.

Micro instances are cheap and you can configure them to either throw away data 
when powered down or save the data until the next time you need the box booted. 
 

--
Eric Chamberlain

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
"Django users" group.
To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to 
[email protected].
For more options, visit this group at 
http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.

Reply via email to