From: Grant <ema...@ya...> - 2004-08-26 18:29:05
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--- Richard Taylor <rj...@th...> wrote: > On Thursday 26 August 2004 06:02, Grant wrote: > > > > Thinking this over further, would it be better to > run > > the live store from the host or a virtual install? > > > > If you want to have a simple way of setting up an > identical testing system > then run the store in a UML. It is then easy to copy > the filesystem to run up > a test system when ever you choose. > > The one down side is possible problems with > performance. You will have to > test. > > Running the store inside a UML also has advantages > for backup, although you > will need to think carefully about file system > integrity when backing up the > rootfs. > > Richard I couldn't get all of this out of my head last night, and I came to the conclusion that what I need is no UML and no VMware, but two identical dedicated machines instead. Without that, no matter what I do with a single machine, there won't be a very good way to test updates/changes to the host Gentoo installation. Testing an update or change on a virtual installation wouldn't be sufficient for many types of updates/changes. Two machines would be nice because: 1. I wouldn't have to mess with UML or VMware at all. 2. I could set up a perfectly reliable way to test updates/changes. On the other hand: 1. It would be twice as expensive. It seems to me I could set one of the machine up to be live, and the other for testing and development. Then I could somehow clone them back and forth 100% identically. It sounds like a pretty slick setup to me that would justify the extra cost. What do you guys think? - Grant __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo |