Re: VM Recomendations

["mwgardner2000" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I have used W2K3 SBS hosting VMWare Server hosting a VM Ubuntu desktop
successfully with USB passthrough for CurrentCost.

ESXi does not support USB passthrough.

I have VMWare Workstation, but haven't actually tried USB :-)

Cheers
Mark


--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul" <paul@...> wrote:
>
> I didn't think any of them apssed through serial reports but then I
could be wrong and confusing it with the fact that Idratek won't work with
a virtual serial port.
>
> I think all VM's can pass-through HDD as RAW to the virtual machine
certianly ESX and Hyper-V do.
>
> As for USB I'm sure Hyper-V can and ESX can't but then I don't tend to
play with this stuff everyday.
>
> At home I have a Quad core with 6GB of RAM which is using W2K8R2 64bit
allowing me to run Tversity and GB-PVR. The later then gets to access a
couple of PCI and Firewire satellite tuners. Then I run Hyper-V on top with
a number of guests for learning new products i.e. Exchange 2010, Sharepoint
2010, WHS, Ubuntu. I always have one guest running which is a domain
controller for my AD Forest and ensures I have a backup of AD. I think I've
managed to run 5 machines at once. Not doing anything spectacular but more
than usable.
>
> HTH
>
> Paul
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Pauls Hotmail" <paul_gordon@>
wrote:
> >
> > I think *all* of the hypervisors do have serial support, but not
all have
> > USB. From recollection, I'm fairly sure that ESXi doesn't pass
through USB
> > to guests. VMware workstation does (but that's not free), can't
remember if
> > VMware server (which is free) does or not...
> >
> > From recollection, I think they all support raw drive mappings
for the
> > storage, as well as virtual hard disk files...
> >
> > P.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> > Simon Pawson
> > Sent: 25 November 2009 14:14
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] VM Recomendations
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm about to finally move my test Atom system back to being a WHS
for a
> > while.
> >
> > For production I'm considering going for a quad core hardware
virtualization
> > supporting CPU and motherboard and running WHS on that, saving
the Atom for
> > stand-alone GEOVISION use.
> >
> > Can anyone suggest a (free) VM technology. I want:
> >
> > (1) Pass through for hard drives (Hyper V does this - is that
very common -
> > does it have a proper name)
> > (2) USB connectivity to guest (so the UPS can close the WHS down)
- does
> > Hyper V do this? I think virtual box does from the doc.
> > nice to have: -
> > (3) Serial connectivity to Guest for X10 if/when I sort out
renetworking my
> > HA'd stuff round the house.
> >
> > otherwise it will have to be postponed for a while,
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Simon
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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