[CentOS] Virtualization as cheap redundancy option?

Mon Jun 28 16:40:37 UTC 2010
John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com>

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.