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amason09
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Re:VMware Appliances |
- 2007/10/19 06:36 |
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If you are looking at running Linux, a more resource-friendly option is to use coLinux (Windows) or User Mode Linux (Linux, but will also work on Solaris and BSD so I'm told). The same system that can run 2 VMware appliances could easily run 5 or 6 Linux kernels in user space. As for networking, both types support using a Universal TAP device (a virtual ethernet controller - coLinux provides drivers, it's included in the kernel as a module and UML provides a software switch as well as direct access) with just a little tinkering to get it working.
If Windows, then VMware is your only free option.
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