Been using hypervisor clients for a while now, successfully used a virtual NT server to do a swing upgrade to Server 2003 and Active Directory late 2006 using virtual PC.
Despite its uses, VPC 2007 seems to hate Linux distributions, but for an alternative I have been using this http://www.virtualbox.org/
Outfit recently aquired by SUN but the app is still availiable open source for personal use.
Successfully run on Server 2k8 and vista ultimate x64, with Ubuntu and Kubuntu Hardy, and Open Solaris. Also Run it on Gutsy and Hardy with Legacy MS os's. Highly recommended.
A bit funny under MS with its networking, so for serious use needs two NICS in the machine but definatly a great app, particulaly with its cross platform support. Copy over the virtual hard drive file and off you go.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Server 2008 as a desktop OS
Having had a total mare running Vista Ultimate for the past year or so I came accross this and decided to give it a go.
http://weblogs.asp.net/israelio/archive/2008/02/21/windows-server-2008-as-workstation.aspx
Basically it details all the settings you need to change to make server 2k8 look and play like a desktop os. I have to say after about a month of using it at work, it blows Vista clean out of the water. Granted its an expensive prospect, Misco have the OEM version listed at £369.99 plus VAT at the time of writing, but If you have corporate licensing as I do it makes a fantastic platform for a workstation.
Reliability far higher than Vista, which frequently takes 3 boot attempts to find my keyboard each morning (yes, its a microsoft keyboard! :S ), and regulaly locks up under heavy load.
Also it is far more responsive in real world use, application switching is faster and apps load far quicker.
I haven't tried any synthetic benchmarks as I don't find them particulaly indicative of day to day use, if you have the chance give it a go. I'm sure you'll like it.
http://weblogs.asp.net/israelio/archive/2008/02/21/windows-server-2008-as-workstation.aspx
Basically it details all the settings you need to change to make server 2k8 look and play like a desktop os. I have to say after about a month of using it at work, it blows Vista clean out of the water. Granted its an expensive prospect, Misco have the OEM version listed at £369.99 plus VAT at the time of writing, but If you have corporate licensing as I do it makes a fantastic platform for a workstation.
Reliability far higher than Vista, which frequently takes 3 boot attempts to find my keyboard each morning (yes, its a microsoft keyboard! :S ), and regulaly locks up under heavy load.
Also it is far more responsive in real world use, application switching is faster and apps load far quicker.
I haven't tried any synthetic benchmarks as I don't find them particulaly indicative of day to day use, if you have the chance give it a go. I'm sure you'll like it.
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Welcome to my blog, Hertsgeek.
Here you will find my rampant ramblings, serious technology related posts and personal observations about the state of the universe!
I guess the title gives away a fair bit about who I am, a geek (the high quality, professional type, not spotty the WOW gamer type!) based in Hertfordshire.
Here you will find my rampant ramblings, serious technology related posts and personal observations about the state of the universe!
I guess the title gives away a fair bit about who I am, a geek (the high quality, professional type, not spotty the WOW gamer type!) based in Hertfordshire.
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