Rob Golding

Technology Consultant

Ideal Ubuntu Server Configuration for VMware Host

I have recently upgraded my home server, shelling out on a new Core 2 Duo CPU and 4GB of RAM for the machine. Having this much RAM means that in order to use it, I had to install a 64-bit O/S. I chose Ubuntu Server 8.04 - and VMware Server to host my virtual machines. I have put together a Word Document with some notes on the issues and tips I came accros on the way, which could prove invaluable to anyone taking the same approach as me. One of the main sources for my research and tinkering ideas was a post on the VMware Community forums - http://communities.vmware.com/thread/146002 - linked to inside the Word Document.

This post

made extremely interesting and informative reading – if one can understand the material in that post, then a lot of load issues can be easily resolved– especially IOWait issues (my particular concern). My issue turned out to be a mixture of the settings above, and Postfix misbehaving.

See the word document here.

Update: Advice followed, PDF available here.

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  • I love Ubuntu as a server, and the free aspect of it and the fact that it can relatively easily be made compatible with Windows boxes on the network, makes it a no-brainer as a replacement to Windows Server 200X and the like.
  • Bitumen
    Just to let you know, I\\\'m another that is interested in your setup, been thinking of using windows server 2008 (stripped down) to use as host \\\'OS\\\' - But Ubuntu (Linux) is more Configuable thus think is the better option.

    Thanks for the Advise.
  • Tom
    It would be better to publish the document in a more common format (pdf, html,...), because many visitors do not have the latest office suite and thus can not read it. Me included. Thanks!
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