[aklug] Re: New machine or Virtual Machine

From: Mike <alaskabarsalou@gmail.com>
Date: Thu Jul 28 2016 - 12:05:19 AKDT

Thanks Jason.

That seems like a great idea.

I'll look into it.

There seems to be some specific requirements regarding 64-bit, but I'm
not sure if that is an architectural requirement or just so that I
won't spending all day waiting for the machine to do its work. :)

Quoting jason mceachen <jason@brightshinyobject.com>:

> Instead of VMs, have you considered docker containers? I do web
> development (drupal), and am migrating my team off our vagrant
> development setups to docker and getting huge returns on fast startup
> times and OS overhead savings. On my laptop I could generally run 4
> development VMs (LAMP with bonus tools and xdebugging/profiling stuffs)
> before things got sluggish. I've run 10 docker stacks (all very
> similar) without any real pressure on the cpu or memory.
>
> --Jason
>
>
> On 07/28/2016 02:59 PM, Mike wrote:
>> I'm about to start a project to use mininet and several VM's.
>>
>> The question that came to my mind was, does it make more sense for me
>> to purchase a laptop capable of handling the
>> needed setup or does it make sense to "rent" a box online and use that.
>>
>> A quick search provides me with about a cost of $1300 or so for a
>> reasonable computer.
>>
>> I think the project will only take about 3 months.
>>
>> Are these just crazy thoughts or am I headed in the right direction?
>>
>> Is anyone else out there doing something similar?
>>
>> Looking forward to what comes next.... :)
>>
>>
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