[nflug] thank you - and VM's

[Robert Wolfe [Admin]]

Erek Dyskant wrote:
> Heya All,
> 	I'd be happy to go over Xen virtualization next meeting.  I'd do a
> quick overview of the different types of virtualization and why I like
> Xen, and then go into some implementation, best practices, and
> configuration details specific to Xen.
> 	With windows guests the perforamnce distinction is much less as you're
> limited to hardware virtualization.  The decision comes down to
> licensing, management tools, live migration/shared storage, and
> networking options (vlan tagging, etc)
>
> Cheers,
> Erek
>
>
>
> On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 07:32 -0400, Andrew Long wrote:
>   
>> Big thanks to those who put the meeting together! !t was very nice to
>> meet you all and I look forward to future meetings.
>>
>> I hope Erek(?) will present on VM's, and perhaps a brief comparison of
>> the different flavors as well as a more in-depth look at ZEN. I have
>> been intrigued by the idea of moving our primary Windows DC to a nix
>> hosted VM but have shyed away from doing it, having not much
>> experience in the area.
>>
>> On related note: I have toyed a bit with QEMU/KVM on my home Ubuntu
>> Gutsy box and find the performance very good. However, I cannot seem
>> to figure out how to:
>> 1. Get the display full-screen
>> 2. See and use my local disks under the Windows VM
>>
>> Does anyone have an idea?
>>
>> Thanks again.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Andrew Long
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This would be good as I take care of a lot of virtualization where I work.