Good multi-function -> multi-boot solutions?

[damo]

Hey

 

Whats a good solution to run multiple OS's easily

 

I'm looking for a flexible PC storage setup so i can easily switch between OS's and Hypervisors. Fun and work...

 

Am looking at things like

http://www.icydock.com/goods.php?id=169

 

or motherboard ability to switch on a HDD

 

Even considered Hypervisor passthrough to dedicate hardware to a VM

 

Any good ideas or experiences  out there?

 

cheers

 

[MisterZero]

-snip-

 

I tried having a Linux based system for productivity on a VM so that I saved my self the hassle of making a dual boot, but after only one week I made a dual boot... I was Alt+Tabbing out of my VM and playing games on the host Windows machine... ^^

So I wouldn't advise going to a VM based solution.

And that is about the only help I can give you at this point, I do not have really that much experience with flexible storage... though I own this, which is quite good.

[damo]

thanks

 

In this case i'd want to swap between hypervisors as well as OS's. So build labs for ESXi, KVM etc as well as use it for some general browsing, video's etc in win8.

 

At the moment, I just open up the case and switch cables between disks.

 

Icy dock seems the easy way. I did look at an enclosure similar to yours. If it had separate power switches for each disk this would do and give even more options. But as i only really need one disk at a time the extra slots might push it into the seriously lazy camp.

 

cheers

d