| Subject | Re: [Firebird-general] Windows XP Install caution ... |
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| Author | Lester Caine |
| Post date | 2009-10-01T07:02:43Z |
Leyne, Sean wrote:
machines I install use 'set top' like boxes, and I think the 'Atom'
powered boxes require a completely different driver set as well? But I
really need a setup I can hold on the shelf and WHEN a machine goes down
I can simply swap it out. I don't see any way that can be done 'legally'
when the licenses are in many cases locked to a site! I can't hold
machines for every site.
As a slight aside, since at least one of my customers keeps pushing ...
Is there ANY reason one would use 'virtualization' on a machine that is
ONLY running Firebird ( and/or Apache/PHP )? I've even followed advice
given here and dropped any graphic desktop on the Linux servers but I
need a better explanation on why - since the machines spend 99% of there
time idle anywa - you do not want them sharing things with other
servers? :(
My personal belief is that it's more than likely at times of heavy use
you don't want the database server blocked because some other
application being virtualized is running a heavy job? So Cheap dedicated
machines with Linux are much more practical than a single bloody
expensive box?
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Lester Caine - G8HFL
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>>> Last night I wiped the machine and started again ... but with the XPsp1Not sure either of those options will work with VIA ITX boxes? Half the
>>> disk rater than an sp2 disk that had been put in the file obviously by
>>> mistake. Everything ran smoothly and a surprising 4 hours later ( it
>>> normally takes longer from sp1 ) I have a fully functional machine
>> again!
>>> So make sure you keep the right disk with your older windows license
>>> keys!
>
>> and install xp only in a virtual machine container like virtualbox/kvm
>
> Another option is to use bare-metal restore/migration software which allows for a restore to be done to a different target machine -- Make one master system/config, create a backup and then restore to hardware as required.
machines I install use 'set top' like boxes, and I think the 'Atom'
powered boxes require a completely different driver set as well? But I
really need a setup I can hold on the shelf and WHEN a machine goes down
I can simply swap it out. I don't see any way that can be done 'legally'
when the licenses are in many cases locked to a site! I can't hold
machines for every site.
As a slight aside, since at least one of my customers keeps pushing ...
Is there ANY reason one would use 'virtualization' on a machine that is
ONLY running Firebird ( and/or Apache/PHP )? I've even followed advice
given here and dropped any graphic desktop on the Linux servers but I
need a better explanation on why - since the machines spend 99% of there
time idle anywa - you do not want them sharing things with other
servers? :(
My personal belief is that it's more than likely at times of heavy use
you don't want the database server blocked because some other
application being virtualized is running a heavy job? So Cheap dedicated
machines with Linux are much more practical than a single bloody
expensive box?
--
Lester Caine - G8HFL
-----------------------------
Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact
L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk
EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/
Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk//
Firebird - http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php