From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GjI7P-0004b9-Mm for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:23:40 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kACGJm5T024218; Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:19:48 GMT Received: from imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net (imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net [205.152.59.64]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kACGHcVG029760 for ; Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:17:38 GMT Received: from ibm58aec.bellsouth.net ([72.155.175.213]) by imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20061112161737.BMVE2129.imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm58aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:17:37 -0500 Received: from gandalf.homefront ([72.155.175.213]) by ibm58aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20061112161736.POHC15332.ibm58aec.bellsouth.net@gandalf.homefront> for ; Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:17:36 -0500 From: "Brett I. Holcomb" Organization: Holcomb & Associates To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Basic Vmware setup Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:17:35 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.3 References: <4555C65E.9020406@rootsr.com> <7573e9640611110934q19833d33hdde4890e3dc33f1a@mail.gmail.com> <87mz6weshq.fsf@newsguy.com> In-Reply-To: <87mz6weshq.fsf@newsguy.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200611121117.35596.brettholcomb@bellsouth.net> X-Archives-Salt: d8868307-fd4a-4a16-849a-b86c93c84b1e X-Archives-Hash: befd7e185670f6a19df4a0d978352bba Workstation allows you to create snapshots of a setup and then create clones from it so you can make a base system, then do branches off of it as you add to it. For example, you can create a base Gentoo install and snapshot it. Then you can clone it and install some software - say to make a DAW. You can snapshot that and continue adding software to it or clone it. The workstations use differential methods to create the clones so storage space isn't as great as storing an the vm and it's files. Server you can't do snapshots so you create a VM, save it, copy it, then modify it. However, server does allow you to start the VMs as a service and keep them running when you are not logged in - with workstation you have to start them after you login. In short they each do different things and what you use depends on the situation. At work I use workstation so I can do snapshots since I am testing setups and I want to have a base to go back to and start over from. However, I have to start the service each time I login in so others can get to the VMs. For someone who doesn't need snapshotting you can just copy VMs and add to them as long as you have th file space. On Sunday November 12 2006 07:53, reader@newsguy.com wrote: > "Richard Fish" writes: > > server: Can create or edit existing configurations. Can leave a > > virtual machine running "in the background" if you close the console > > Is there a catch somewhere with `server'. Buy the description it > appears to do everthing the `workstation' does, yet is free (beer). -- Brett I. Holcomb -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list