RAM is not too expensive these days. Did you max out your RAM? On Aug 6, 2016 7:54 AM, "Kent Perrier" <[email protected]> wrote:
> My work laptop runs RHEL with KVM and virt-manager installed and I use > that for quick VMs to do some fast troubleshooting/issue reproduction. Its > when I out grow the RAM on my laptop (and the disk too if I really want to > do anything with Satellite and capsules) is where I have problems. > OpenShift and OpenStack don't play well in small memory environments. :) > > Thanks for the pointers. I think I will get a NUC with an external USB > hard drive to start with. > > Kent > > On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 3:06 AM, Zachariah Gibbens <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I run Debian and KVM on my laptop from 2014, 64 bit AMD with 4GB of ram, >> so it has it's limits. It was $300 back then. Xen or XenServer can run >> inside Virtualbox (sadly KVM cannot, the VMX/SMV flags don't get passed to >> the guest, but nothing says you couldn't run KVM on the laptop hardware and >> still use it for the everyday too)E >> Everything I'm doing with Debian (at least pertaining to your goals) >> Should be doable with RHEL too. The entry point for running KVM is easier >> than it's ever been. >> >> On 08/06/2016 12:20 AM, Holland Griffis wrote: >> >> NUCs work fine. Lots of people using them for ESXi and KVM based home >> labs. >> >> On Friday, August 5, 2016, Kent Perrier <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I find myself in need of some hardware that can run KVM so I can >>> test/play with some tech here at home. Cost, noise and heat are concerns (I >>> know, I know, pick two....) so old real server class hardware isn't an >>> option. Anyone built a home lab out of intel NUCs, mini-itx based systems, >>> etc that work well? I will be running RHEL/RHEV on the hardware. >>> >>> Kent >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group >>> /nlug-talk?hl=en >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group >> /nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group >> /nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscribe@ > googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
