It's a Virtual World
Well, it's taken me forever to post about this, but here's the start. Virtual Machine technology is a game-changer, which the explosion of the VMWare and Microsoft products (Virtual Server/Virtual PC/System Center Virtual Machine Manager) attest to. Of course, Microsoft also has Application Virtualization and OS Virtualization, the only vendor with end-to-end coverage for all possibly scenarios.
At home, I decided to stop messing around and do this right. I coughed up $2000 and bought a huge box - quad-core CPU, 8GB of RAM, 3TB of storage, and totally silent. I cranked that baby up and now have near instantaneous access to any of the virtual machines I need to keep my skills sharp. I also added 2 more drives for another 1TB of storage to allow me to replace my 1TB NAS device for home data storage, and that has been GREAT (much faster, much more compatible with things, much quieter, much cheaper).
Anyway, I'll blog more on the exact specs of this box, but I've been living with it for 3 months or so now and it's really amazing...I can spin up 10 VM's without problems, simulating very complex scenarios, and I have the right software included to manage a library of VM's and relevant software (ISO's of CD/DVDs for easy software installation, scripts, etc.) and make the whole thing accessible to the internet in a very secure fashion.
At home, I decided to stop messing around and do this right. I coughed up $2000 and bought a huge box - quad-core CPU, 8GB of RAM, 3TB of storage, and totally silent. I cranked that baby up and now have near instantaneous access to any of the virtual machines I need to keep my skills sharp. I also added 2 more drives for another 1TB of storage to allow me to replace my 1TB NAS device for home data storage, and that has been GREAT (much faster, much more compatible with things, much quieter, much cheaper).
Anyway, I'll blog more on the exact specs of this box, but I've been living with it for 3 months or so now and it's really amazing...I can spin up 10 VM's without problems, simulating very complex scenarios, and I have the right software included to manage a library of VM's and relevant software (ISO's of CD/DVDs for easy software installation, scripts, etc.) and make the whole thing accessible to the internet in a very secure fashion.
Shown below - VMRC Plus as the console for accessing the VM's, 7 VM's running easily, and System Center Virtual Machine Manager up.
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