On 19/02/2014 23:09, Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 02/19/2014 05:05 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 4:31 PM, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote: >>> On 2/19/2014 2:25 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: >>>> When I got a server with too much RAM for the free version of ESXi >>> that limit was rescinded in August. ESXI 5.5 is now free for >>> unlimited memory. about the only restriction is max 8 CPU cores per VM. >>> >> Figures... I think I built those in June or so. Anyway, while the >> VMware console client is somewhat slicker I don't see any functional >> reason to change back - KVM runs them just the same. >> > I ran (in my previous job) four Windows 2008 server VMs, two Windows XP > VMs, and one Windows 7 VM on KVM with CentOS-5.x as the base OS. I did > not have any major issues .. but I did not try to do things like USB > connections, etc. > > I run, on Centos 6.5, a headless Virtualbox system with phpVirtualbox which runs: 17 Centos 6.5 Systems 1 Windows 7 System 1 FreeBSD System Works a treat, the hardware is a dual Quad core Xeon system with 96GB of RAM. Not had any problems with CPU over-subscription. -- Regards, Giles Coochey, CCNP, CCNA, CCNAS NetSecSpec Ltd +44 (0) 8444 780677 +44 (0) 7983 877438 http://www.coochey.net http://www.netsecspec.co.uk giles at coochey.net