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On Tuesday, December 30, 2014 07:52:44 PM Mick wrote: |
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> For years now I have been running VirtualBox for testing purposes. |
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> It has served the users' needs well, but I have set up a new PC and am |
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> wondering if I am missing out on new tricks. The VMs are launched may be a |
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> couple of times a week for an hour or two, to test website designs on |
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> different OS' and browsers. The Vbox does this flawlessly. Is there a |
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> different technology and applications I should consider and how do these |
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> compare with Vbox? |
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For simple tests where you only briefly run the VM on a |
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desktop/workstation/laptop, VirtualBox generally does the trick. |
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If you actually need to run the VMs for longer periods of time, having a |
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dedicated machine running the likes of Xen or VMWare is a better option. |
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Of the 2, I would recommend Xen. |
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If you don't feel like configuring the whole stack yourself, a pre-build image |
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like "XCP" generally does the trick. This is a free version of the Citrix VM |
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product. The Citrix VM manager works with XCP as well. |
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