[lug] advice on lab setup

[Dan Ferris]

Hey,

In your situation I'd probably recommend just running a Qemu/KVM Windows 
VM on each individual workstation, or if that's to hard, you could use 
Virtualbox.  However, KVM is much better than Virtualbox in my opinion.

For hardware, make sure you get faster CPUs that support the Intel 
VT/VTX extensions.  Make sure you spec enough memory for the workstation 
to run all of it's stuff and for the Windows VM to run happily.  You're 
probably looking at I7 CPUs and 8 GB of memory at a minimum.  16 would 
probably be better.

Mail me off list if you need help.  Tell Quyen I said hi. :)

Dan

On 8/20/2013 1:53 PM, Steven Hart wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Was hoping for some advice on a computer lab I want to setup. 
> Currently I work with RHEL in an environment where each 
> workstationhard mounts /home, /usr/local/, and a data storage 
> directory from my RHEL server.  That works great for those 
> workstations but there is a lab setupI'm trying to work with where I 
> needto be able to run some "Windows only" programs and I'm looking for 
> a good solution without running a damn windows server.
>
> I've also worked with VMWare on individual workstations to run a 
> virtual windows setup.  What I'd like for this lab is a setup where 
> there is a Linux server, Linux workstations, and some sort of virtual 
> setup to allow each workstation to run the "windows only" software 
> (which can be processor intensive, i.e. chugging numbers).
>
> I realize this will not be an easy task but what I need is a push in 
> the right direction. Where should I start looking? Should the 
> virtualization be on the server or client? Should the clients be thin 
> clients or more independant of the main server?
>
> I'm less concerned about cost and more interested in theoverall layout 
> and having a plan in place so I can make informed decisionsabout what 
> hardware to buy down the road.
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
> cheers
>
> Steve
> -- 
> Steve Hart
> Systems Administrator
> Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
> University of Colorado Boulder
> Steven.Hart at colorado.edu
> (303)492-8109
>
>
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