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On Sat, 2013-04-06 at 17:17 +0100, Neil Winchurst wrote: > On 06/04/13 17:06, Simon Avery wrote: > > Neil, > > > > I'm going to make it difficult for you now and disagree with BA. :) > > (This won't be the last time you're offered conflicting advice btw) > > > > Yes, virtualisation has its merits - snapshotting being very high on the > > list and useful in experimentation, and portability of clients between > > hosts another. > > > > The downsides: At least two operating systems to admin and maintain and > > less efficient (more ram/cpu/hdd needed for the same bang). It's also > > another technology to learn with its own complexities and mistakes to > > make, and on top of learning the server side of things it's unnecessary. > > You can learn it later and get more performance out of your hardware for > > less money in the meantime. (Also, I could probably make a reasonable > > case that running a host on a client wastes more electricity, since > > there is more cpu required to do the same thing so it steps up more > > often. In reality, this wouldn't amount to more than a quid or two a year.) > > > > For a simple home server, I really don't think it's needed, unless you > > plan on doing something unusual. > > > > I refer you to an earlier comment: Listen to advice and ignore what you > > like, including this :) > > > > > Conflicting advice, why am I not surprised? I do wonder about the > virtualisation route, it seems to add an extra layer to it all. I have > used VBox quite a lot so the learning curve would not be too bad. > > More research, sigh > > Neil > My recent experience with Virtual box has taught me that PCI cards and USB devices which are needed in the Virtual machine can add a considerable learning curve to your experience. If you have a machine with onboard Network cards then go ahead If the card(s) are PCI then its not so easy. -- ________________________________________________________________________ Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) A dedicated Linux user /usr/bin/microsoft Skype minions_shop www.minionsbandb.co.uk www.tearooms.minionsbandb.co.uk FaceBook Minions_shop Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq