[clug] Virtual Machines?

[steve jenkin]

Alex Satrapa wrote on 24/9/09 4:47 PM:
> Dear list,
> 
> I'd like to know what you use for OS-portable virtual machines. I'm
> currently using VMWare which has host software for Windows, Linux, Mac
> OS X, and as indicated in my post about database replication I'd like to
> find a way to ship a collection of virtual machines demonstrating the
> replication models.
> 
> Can you recommend something besides VMware? I'm not concerned about
> performance, licences, etc - my only concern is portability between host
> operating systems.
> 
> It's worth noting at this point that VMware doesn't support Snow Leopard
> when the host OS is booted with a 64 bit kernel.
> 
> Alex
> 


Alex,

Isn't there a standard for Virtual M/c images that all the major vendors
support??

Can't recall more... Was reading VMware Vsphere docs last week & it got
mentioned.

No idea if XEN & hyper-V count/support it.
Nor freebies like SUN Virtual Box.

HTH

steve

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