[Samba] Problems running samba in vmware

[Ryan Novosielski]

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Natxo Asenjo wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 10:13 PM, Adam Zimmer <adam at ariussoftware.com> wrote:
>> I have used samba for nearly 9 years with no problems and we have about
>>  20 users. In the past we have had a dedicated samba server. We have
>>  recently virtualized this server to a quad core Q6600 using vmware
>>  virtual server 1.0.4 on a 64 bit host running ubuntu 7.10.
> 
> bad idea. Vmware server is not meant for production servers. Don't try
> to save a buck and buy a copy of esx. It will save you all this
> trouble and time is money.
> 
> If you really want to go along the free road, get yourself xen, linux
> runs perfectly with the opensource 'free as in free beer' xensource.
> Vmware server is a great testing tool, not a production one.

Why is that?

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