On 08/27/2010 12:58 AM, Konstantinos Agouros wrote: > Hi, > > I am currently running a guest with VMware-Server-1. However the modules > needed for that on the host are no longer supported and I am stuck with 2.6.31 > for the moment. > So I am thinking of alternatives. My requirements: > > It should only need as much RAM on the host as needed (so XEN with static > assignment is out) > > It should run headless (I don't want a window on the desktop but be able > get console access when needed). > > VMWare import/compatibility would be nice but is not a must have. > > I use VirtualBox on a Mac but can it run headless? Any other proposals?
VBox runs great headless. I start three VMs at boot time, all over VRDP. Highly recommended. You can migrate it to other systems if you want, too.