Posts Tagged ‘Virtualization’
February 15th, 2008 | 
Author: Like any die-hard computer geek/junkie, when Vista was first released I moved to a new desktop running Vista. The downside to going to a new desktop is that same old problem “what do I do about my old desktop? I don’t want to (or I can’t) re-install all my programs, documents, etc?”. So for the past year+ I’ve been running two desktops, my current desktop and my legacy desktop and using terminal services to access my legacy desktop. Over time, I’ve found myself accessing it less and less as I’ve managed to migrate most of the important bits over but I still don’t want completely retire it, so what do I do? As a huge advocate of virtualization, it was time to virtualize my old desktop.
Posted in Server Virtualization, The Cool Stuff, Windows Administration | 
Tags: virtual pc, Virtualization, vmware | 
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It’s no secret I’m a big fan of Virtuozzo virtualization software from swsoft.com. I think for a hosting platform it’s really the best solution on the market today and we’re basing our entire VPS hosting solely around it.
Recently in preparation for our release of windows VPS hosting (very soon) we brought everything up to date including taking Virtuozzo to 3.5.1 SP1. Normally, an SP1 means major changes and this is no exception.
A follow up to Smartertools answers the cry on the fight against spam with smartermail 4.0.
Alot of clients have been asking about how we’re handling spamassassin with Smartermail 4.0. It’s no secret that spamassassin on a windows server runs horribly slow. If more than a handful of domains are involved I have no doubt that spamassassin would cripple the server if not fail completely. However I also believe that greylisting is the more effective component in the smartertools anti-spam arsenal and will reduce spam to a fraction of what it would be with just spamassassin alone.
I recently posted a blog entry about my ‘informal’ apples to oranges comparison of the different virtualization platforms available for windows. Apparently I didn’t spell it out clear enough that things were not on a level playing field. Well, guys I did it. I went and pissed off Bob. Sorry Bob.
Posted in Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Web Technologies |
Tags: Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Web Technologies |
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I’ve pulled the article until I have time to properly benchmark all three systems on identical hardware, hopefully after the holidays. Although I used different hardware, I firmly believe my numbers provided a reasonable estimate of what performance you would see using identical hardware. I’d had verbal feedback from others that in fact they saw similar results but nothing to substantiate those comments.
