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Virtualizing Workstations For Common Hardware?
An anonymous reader writes "We have approximately 20 workstations which all have different hardware specs. Every workstation has two monitors and generally runs either Ubuntu or Windows. I had started using Clonezilla to copy the installs so we could deploy new workstations quickly and easily, when we have hardware failures or the like, but am struggling with Windows requiring new drivers to be installed for all new hardware. Obviously we could be booting into Ubuntu and then load a Windows virtual machine after that, but I'd prefer not to have the added load of a full GUI underneath Windows — we want maximum performance possible. And I don't think the multi-monitor support would work. Is it possible to have a very basic virtual machine beneath to provide hardware consistency whilst still allowing multi-monitor support? Does anyone have any experience with a technique like this?"
next year will be the year of the Windows workstation.... 8^)
DRM? No thanks, I'll just get it somewhere else...
It's much more professional to call it "an iypervisor". Or something like that. Y is nature's spare vowel.
So, all this time I've been pronouncing it "yipervisor" and people were snickering at THAT... I guess it's a relief really... I thought it was because of my mohawk/mullet.
I like to think of it as "The Mohlet".
You have the right to remain sentient. If you give up the right to remain sentient, you will be elected to public office
Since America owns the internet, it's assumed by default that Hs are NOT silent. If the UK ever makes a 21st century contribution beyond the destruction of their own car brands, we'll consider defaulting Hs to silent.
Logical enough, that is if you're Pavel Chekov.
Mod me down, my New Earth Global Warmingist friends!
Get a hold of yourself. It was an honest mistake.