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On Sat, 2006-07-01 at 23:07 +0100, Adrian Midgley wrote: > > > > What is the motivation for virtual servers. If it isn't compelling > > security concerns, I'd say sort it some other way - contractual - > > hardware (hardware is cheap). > > > > > Reducing power and heat... > Space as well I suspect. We are virtualising servers simply because we don't have the room for (yet) more physical hardware. Secondly, automatic failover of servers (with virtualised storage). We use VMware (not my choice). John. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- John Horne, University of Plymouth, UK Tel: +44 (0)1752 233914 E-mail: John.Horne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fax: +44 (0)1752 233839 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html