From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 7 21:26:37 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4CD9106566C for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2010 21:26:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@rhavenn.net) Received: from smtp134.dfw.emailsrvr.com (smtp134.dfw.emailsrvr.com [67.192.241.134]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD2888FC14 for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2010 21:26:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay23.relay.dfw.mlsrvr.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by relay23.relay.dfw.mlsrvr.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 10E9D1568507 for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2010 17:26:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: by relay23.relay.dfw.mlsrvr.com (Authenticated sender: rhavenn-AT-rhavenn.net) with ESMTPSA id DE2C915683D7 for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2010 17:26:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from alucard.rhavenn.local (alucard [127.0.0.1]) by alucard.rhavenn.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id 846133F2E for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2010 13:24:53 -0800 (AKDT) Received: (from rhavenn@localhost) by alucard.rhavenn.local (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o67LOrWF004181 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 7 Jul 2010 13:24:53 -0800 (AKDT) (envelope-from lists@rhavenn.net) X-Authentication-Warning: alucard.rhavenn.local: rhavenn set sender to lists@rhavenn.net using -f Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 13:24:53 -0800 From: Henrik Hudson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100707212453.GA4161@alucard.int.rhavenn.net> References: <6AC0293D-2262-4E5C-9616-516B49664FBF@verysmall.org> <201007071111.o67BBnr5093119@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <8F676AEB-5188-4F41-A971-C68293AD54F3@verysmall.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8F676AEB-5188-4F41-A971-C68293AD54F3@verysmall.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Subject: Re: what to do when FreeBSD cannot do something? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:26:37 -0000 On Wed, 07 Jul 2010, Iv Ray wrote: > > What virtulization system to use? Personnally I use ESXi from vmware > > This was a great tip, thank you. I wasn't aware that ESXi is a bare metal and free. > > > What OS to use instead of FreeBSD? It depends on what is recommended > > for your application, what resources you have available around you, > > etc. For a similar problem I choosed Ubuntu because Ubuntu was well > > supported by the application and some colleagues had a decent > > knwoledge of ubuntu. > > I am not fanatic about FreeBSD, but I feel very comfortable with it and I resist change. However your ESXi tip would allow me to run ESXi on bare metal and virtualize simple installations of the "unpleasant" legacy OSes without making my fingers too dirty. > > Thank you very much, One caveat is that ESX / ESXi are very picky about their hardware and pretty much won't run on anything but server class devices (mobo, NICs and CPU are the big ones). VMware still has their VMware Server (software) solution, but it's slowly being phased out. Also, it's against the EULA to use ESXi for commercial / reseller purposes and ESX isn't cheap. henrik -- Henrik Hudson lists@rhavenn.net ----------------------------------------- "God, root, what is difference?" Pitr; UF