8 Sep
2009
8 Sep
'09
4:10 p.m.
Question: Does anyone run SQL server from XP in a virtualbox on CentOS? Any other configuration that works on a linux server? I do not want to have to buy another server grade machine just for this application.
XP has a tcp connection limit, so unless you have <10 users that won't work. I sure hope your DB is not IO intensive, that doesn't sound like a rock solid setup really...
You need to also pay *SERIOUS* attention to vb's bluff on writeback to the underlying OS or if anything goes wrong, you *will* be left with a corrupt block device. You can tune this parameter.
Personally I would use vmware server if had to do this, but that's just me...
jlc