[CentOS] Virtualization as cheap redundancy option?
John R Pierce
pierce at hogranch.com
Mon Jun 28 16:40:37 UTC 2010
On 06/28/10 9:19 AM, Whit Blauvelt wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 09:06:43AM -0700, John R Pierce wrote:
>
>
>> I second the emotion on VBox, its a nice piece of work.
>>
>> Read the license carefully, however. Its no longer free for use as a
>> server in a business environment, only free for 'personal' use. Larry
>> needs a new boat.
>>
> They also clarify that 'personal' use can include in a business environment,
> if you're just installing on a system here and there and not doing a mass
> rollout on multiple machines. But that's from their website. Haven't read
> the full license to see how closely their informal synopsis matches the
> lawyereese.
>
what I read said personal use in a business environment meant the VM
isn't a server accessed by anyone else. I can run vbox on my office
desktop and host a VM for my own use. I can't, however, host a
webserver VM that my department uses.
but IANAL.
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