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
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