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!!! VirtualBox 4.1.2

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\\I started looking at VirtualBox again, to assess it as a feasible low-cost virtualization solution.\\
I have been running my (2) servers on older laptops running in a closet at home. The laptops runs Ubuntu 8.04 (LTS) with an [OpenVZ|http://openvz.org] kernel.

Since this is getting rather old now (almost 4 years), and every now and then you want to have something new (the only difference between a man and a box is the price of his toy) and I had some (not disclosed) issues with backups, I thought let's see if VirtualBox is any good here.

!! My wishlist/requirements.

__1) - (recent) Ubuntu Guest OS__

I first had a look at the [http://openvz.org] site, but concluded that running a recent Ubuntu server is not a "default route".\\
Since my hardware also

__2) - Easy Full Server Backup (off site)__

vbox clonehd ?

__3) - Easy re-sizing of disk images__

vbox modifyhd resize ?...

__4) - Remote console access__

vrde stuff with extension packs....

__5) - No Graphical (X) server required__

VBoxHeadless...

__6) - Capable of running 5 guests__

2 is minimal required...

__7) - Misc management capabilites__

stats , NATing, live migration ?

__8) - No dependency on hardware virtualization capabilities__

!! Installation

!! Creating a VM

!! Backup up

!! Resizing HD

!! Misc..

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