From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BAqrO-0006e3-Hb for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 06 Apr 2004 09:43:26 -0400 Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BAqqq-0006NA-K5 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 06 Apr 2004 09:43:23 -0400 Received: from [204.183.119.77] (helo=dash.soliddesign.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BAqqq-0006Lp-0a for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 06 Apr 2004 09:42:52 -0400 Received: from 6-allhosts (unknown [10.2.3.220]) by dash.soliddesign.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C85257552 for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 08:42:50 -0500 (EST) From: Joe Batt In-Reply-To: <20040406132039.9896957552@dash.soliddesign.net> References: <20040406132039.9896957552@dash.soliddesign.net> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1081258970.6179.54.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 08:42:50 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Qemu-devel] multiple VMs Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org ... > I think that multiple VM's is a worthy goal as long as you can minimise CPU > usage. Having multiple VM's gives you the ability to do some very cool > things. I use VMWARE in Windows and sometimes have both Linux and FreeBSD > running in VM's so I can test software against all 3 OS's at once. I imagine > it would be very useful to developers of cluster software. Run two or three copies of QEMU. I think QEMU is so much cooler than VMWare because it runs completely in user space. You can run as many copies as you need and be confident that they aren't interfering with each other. A pause button would be nice, but I think CTRL-Z works just fine for now. As a developer, I'd love to have a single stable tiny Linux distro running on the metal and a dozen other "machines" to do work on. The expense of VMWare wont allow me to do that now, as I use a variety of desktop machines (at different client sites). My personal office machine does operate that way. My priorities (though I don't have time to contribute) are winnt family guest support, stability, speed. Joe