[LUNI] VMWare/Xen vs VNC vs Citrix vs RDP

[Dale Qualls]

I'm using the free VMWare Server (on a server class machine though, 8MB of RAM, dual proc (3.0 I think) and I'm running a DNS server, a backup SMTP server and 12 XP instances.  No issues.  Each VM is running with 256MB of RAM.  Runs like a top!
 
I have people RDP in to the XP instances to do internet research since I don't care if the VM becomes infected with tons of spyware, I simply delete it and create a new one based on the template that I have.
 
I did have a Compaq EVO SFF (2GHZ, 2GB of RAM) running  6 of the same VMs with no problem.  It's really amazing how well the VMs run on so little RAM.
 
I always use SLES10 for my host machines (don't hate me!)
 
 





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