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I find your setup intriguing. Clearly, you've got some spare cash for a beefy virtualization server. Why did you stick it out with the Compaq for so long? Is t

by jaryd 13y ago

I find your setup intriguing. Clearly, you've got some spare cash for a beefy virtualization server. Why did you stick it out with the Compaq for so long? Is the plan to have multiple VMs for other users in the household? Do you like the idea to be able to create/destroy machines if they start behaving oddly? Is the plan to just play around with administering a VDI deployment (however small)? If so, did you consider any other hypervisors? Sorry to probe... I just think it's interesting :)

cdvonstinkpot 13y ago
The server was only $600 on eBay, part of a prototype project for me to learn on since I'm working on deploying an OpenStack based dedicated server company on other, much faster hardware in the coming year. There's no one else in the household- just me, and I considered using ProxmoxVE for the VM backend because the guys behind the distro offer single instance support tickets, but for now I'm sticking with OpenStack since it's feature rich & offers additional functionality I need. The Compaq stays around because it was my Mom's before she died- just for sentimental value really. I'm looking forward to repurposing it as an rdp client station. The laptop's going to be part of the OpenStack cluster, too. So I'll be able to migrate my Win7 VM to it when I go out & just reach it through a KDE4 desktop installed to the OpenStack running on it. I have lofty plans, and alot to learn to implement it. I just got the server & it took me a week to figure out how to use the arcane RAID interface in its BIOS. I have an OpenStack install guide bookmarked, but haven't taken the time to go through & do it yet. I had been working on my website, which I just finished, and was sidetracking me. I'll get to it eventually.