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Hi, I was wondering, is it possible for a server to host more than one system at a time? For example, if I were to put Windows Server and then Ubuntu Server onto one hardware server, would it be possible to host both at the same time? 

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Look into hypervisor technology :) That sounds like what you need.

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virtual machines best way to do this

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virtual machines best way to do this

What in the actual fuck? How do these magics exist in this world?!?!!?

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Look into hypervisor technology :) That sounds like what you need.

is a hypervisor a hardware item or a software item 

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is a hypervisor a hardware item or a software item 

It is a software item. It's pretty much a very lightweight operating system that you run and monitor virtual machines from. 

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It is a software item. It's pretty much a very lightweight operating system that you run and monitor virtual machines from. 

So is this a base operating system then? Like is there a way to get this to start up on default for a computer like Windows does? 

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So is this a base operating system then? Like is there a way to get this to start up on default for a computer like Windows does? 

Ya, you could just run Windows as the base OS but Windows will use a lot more of the systems resources and you will get better performance in the virtual machines using a hypervisor OS and yes you would get it to boot when the computer starts up the same as you would with Windows.

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Ya, you could just run Windows as the base OS but Windows will use a lot more of the systems resources and you will get better performance in the virtual machines using a hypervisor OS and yes you would get it to boot when the computer starts up the same as you would with Windows.

What are the best hyper visors ? 

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What are the best hyper visors ? 

Check out vSphere Hypervisor by VMWare. It's free also :D

 

http://www.vmware.com/ca/en/products/vsphere-hypervisor

My Current Build: 

Intel i5 3570K @ 4.4GHz 1.11V, Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO, Asrock Z77 Extreme4, Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600MHz, Samsung 840 EVO 250GB, Asus GTX 760 DCII Overclocked, Corsair CX600M

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Are there hyper visors for by each main OS company? like MS, Apple, Linux?

I'm fairly sure most hypervisors are based on Linux. They are just distributed by other companies. I would really suggest looking into VMWare vSphere Hypervisor since that's the one I've heard the best things about.

My Current Build: 

Intel i5 3570K @ 4.4GHz 1.11V, Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO, Asrock Z77 Extreme4, Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600MHz, Samsung 840 EVO 250GB, Asus GTX 760 DCII Overclocked, Corsair CX600M

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Are there hyper visors for by each main OS company? like MS, Apple, Linux?

Ah kind of

Microsoft do Hyper-V (can either be in Windows server 2008 and up up or just Hyper-V server, but you have to have a second windows server with the HyperV role installed to manage just the HyperV server)

Linux would be:

VMware ESXI, virtual box, citrix xen server and proxmox

Apple don't make their own but others work in Mac like virtual box and VMware

If you allready have windows 8.1 you can use HyperV on your desktop by enabling it.

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I'm fairly sure most hypervisors are based on Linux. They are just distributed by other companies. I would really suggest looking into VMWare vSphere Hypervisor since that's the one I've heard the best things about.

So my understanding is that Hyper visors should only be for computers/servers that can handle the load, right? 

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So my understanding is that Hyper visors should only be for computers/servers that can handle the load, right?

You can install a Hyper visor on any system as long as the CPU supports VT (virtuliseation technology) then your good to go.

The benefit of the hypervisor is that you can be very strict about the amount of computing recourse you give to each VM.

I have installed VMware on an old pentium 4 with 2gb of ram before.

The older versions of VMware such as ESXi 4.0 does not require VT on the CPU so you could install it on any system.

So in short you don't need a powerful system to run the Base OS and it's VM's it's more about the amount of VM's you want to run on the system and how may recourses you can give it.

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You can install a Hyper visor on any system as long as the CPU supports VT (virtuliseation technology) then your good to go.

The benefit of the hypervisor is that you can be very strict about the amount of computing recourse you give to each VM.

I have installed VMware on an old pentium 4 with 2gb of ram before.

The older versions of VMware such as ESXi 4.0 does not require VT on the CPU so you could install it on any system.

So in short you don't need a powerful system to run the Base OS and it's VM's it's more about the amount of VM's you want to run on the system and how may recourses you can give it.

Yeah sounds like if the computer can handle it

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