On 27 Nov 2002, Hannu Krosing wrote: > scott.marlowe kirjutas K, 27.11.2002 kell 01:40: > > On 27 Nov 2002, Hannu Krosing wrote: > > > > > You could try out VMWare and run a linux virtual machine under Windows, > > > You could set it up once with all necessary servers and then copy the > > > files to each new developers machine. > > > > > > VMWare is not free, but should be significantly cheaper than buying a > > > whole computer. > > > > If you're gonna go that far, look at reversing that situation, i.e. run a > > linux box for each person with windows in vmware. It's a much more stable > > situation than the other way around. > > That's how I use it. > > It's also nice way to try out new win software - install it, check it > out and if you don't like it just say no to "save changes?" when closing > the vmware session ;)
Plus, it's real easy to back up your windows servers. just shut them down, backup their image, and start them back up. > > P.S. a note on windows and vmware: It's not uncommon for companies now to > > build a large linux box, put vmware gsx on it, and run dozens of windows > > instances. That way the spare cycles for one server can be used by > > another, you can consolidate your windows servers onto a couple of boxen, > > and you get much more reliable operation from windows when the hardware is > > abstracted away from underneath it. > > I guess this would be good for win _servers_, but how would you use this > setup for developers - will they all sit around a single box ? You could probably use xwindows remote sessions for something like that, but yeah, I was strictly thinking servers at that point. :-) There is some work being done to put mutiple video cards and keyboard/mice onto a single large box and share it though. I don't think I like taking sharing quite that far though. :-0 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster