[Gllug] Constrained virtual machines

[Richard Huxton]

Alain Williams wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 03:05:11PM +0000, Richard Huxton wrote:
>> Is anyone using VM technology that provides limits on CPU and I/O as 
>> well as memory usage?
>>
>> What I'd like to be able to do is run a set of database tests with 
>> varying configuration settings. I'm not really concerned with absolute 
>> numbers, but I'll need to scale CPU and I/O to generate some useful figures.
>>
>> Any ideas that don't involve an IBM mainframe (and do involve 
>> Linux/BSD)? Free/open is good but $$$/closed might well be acceptable.
> 
> Xen ?
> 
> I recently got M$ XP running under Xen, works OK: no sound or fast graphics
> but web browsing, word processing (ooo), ... is fine. For fun I hasten to
> say: no real intention of using it in anger.

I've got a copy under vmware player - seems to work fine for casual 
usage. Saves me from dual-booting to look at problems with Word etc.

I've got Windows 2003 SBS running under vmware-server (free vn) for a 
small client, so we can swap hardware easily in a couple of years. 
Performance is mostly OK - gets sluggish when you switch usage patterns.

-- 
   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd
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