I have the following setup for my daily/main/only development environment Hardware/Tin = 4gb ram, 2.6ghz dual core CPU, 2x250gb HD's, usual array of periperhals One the tin above, I currently have Windows XP installed, in Windows XP I have VMWare Workstation installed and I run a Windows Server 2003 deelopment environment. This includ...
I m trying to understand the concepts in Virtualization. I guess getting my feet wet with some free ware products would be a wise move. Any pointers and suggestions on this will be appreciated ...
I would like to start playing with concurrency in the programs I write (mostly for fun), but I don't own a multi-core system and can't afford one any time soon. I run linux. Is there a way to, for example with a Virtual Machine, compare the performance of a multi-threaded implementation of a program with a single-threaded version, withou...
I'm using the WPF DataGrid from CodePlex and I need to get Virtualization to work with grouping. This question is on topic and points to an MSDN Example but it only covers ListControls with with simple (i.e. single 'column') DataTemplates. Grouping and Virtualization seems like a pretty common use case for a Grid. Is there a standard...
I recently wrote an implementation of a VirtualizingWrapPanel that recycles containers as they scroll into and out of view. On occasion I've noticed that the content rendered by the control is actually the previously contained data, not the current data. Performing any action on the control that forces a new render call updates the cont...
How to create an EC2 AMI from an instance? Ok, so I got an EC2 account. I launched an instance with Fedora 8, Apache, MySQL PHP. I also configured some things and installed Piwik. "Cool...", I thought, "... I should now be able to create an AMI with that custom configuration. Instead, all I can find are guides with 300 steps on how to c...
I'm a noob when it comes to virtualization so sorry in advance if this has been answered, but I checked the forums and if it has been answered I didn't understand it. I've seen people on the net offering images of a particular linux setup, and they offer it as either VMDK/VMX files or ISO files. Now an ISO seems to work with virtualbox,...
Hi, I am planning to setup a dev/staging/QA type environment on my home PC. I have a second HD ready for a Windows Server 2008 install (which I have). I have come across products such as VMLogix Stage Manager and a similar product from VMWare and Citrix, which synchronise staging/dev/live environments - e.g. http://www.vmware.com/produ...
Is there a program out there that allows me to use my computer resources for two different users simultaneously? Specifically, I'd like to hook up two different monitors, keyboards, and mice to one computer so that two people can be working independently on two instances of an operating system. A Windows solution is preferred, but Linux ...
Hello! I've hosted Windows Server 2008 Enterprise on a virtualbox and set up IIS7 with ASP.NET. Now I wonder what I have to do to be able to connect to the virtualbox from the computer I'm running the virtualbox on? I tried entering the ip supplied by ipconfig from inside the box; 10.0.2.15 which doesn't seem to work, like so "http:/...
Hi all, I heard that the combination of VMware and .net application(Web) but dont know why this combination? Does any one have the idea about when and where we use these combinations.? Edit: There are some advantages of running your webserver in a virtual machine.. what are they? ...
VMBed.com allows you to rent Microsoft Windows machines by the hour and access them remotely using remote desktop (RDP) or VNC. This service is available for approx $1.20/hr and you must sign up for a minimum of $20/month subscription plan. What other on-demand, cloud-based desktops are available for rental, preferably without a subscr...
I have some performance related questions about SL Enterprise app development. -We have 10.000 rows binding to an ItemsSource control. (A total of 100.000+ UIElements when databound) Q1.How to do this binding in another thread? Because Silverlight gets stuck while the binding happens. Q2.Any other ways to do this that you suggest wit...
This is a homework problem that I have. I have been doing some research and couldn't find much. I did find a powerpoint but could not make much sense of it due to lack of text. http://xen.org/files/xensummit_tokyo/19_KoichiOnoue_en.pdf (Specifically, what is gPa and hPa?) I was wondering if anyone could point me in the correct directi...
Is there a way to export a openvz VM from proxmox to xen? Tkz ...
I know a lot of question regarding VB6 migration have been asked, but I don't believe my exact situation has been answered in them. Basically, our company is wanting to migrate our mission-critical VB6 Line-of-business app that is quite large, uses custom libraries to communication to other in-house programs and some dll's we don't have...
I was looking at using Amazon's EC2 service after reading this article: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-javadev2-4/index.html But then I wondered if there's any sense in paying for the service if really all I'm interested in is using one of their preconfigured VMs for getting java web application off the ground quickly....
Practical uses of virtualization in software development are about as diverse as the techniques to achieve it. Whether running your favorite editor in a virtual machine, or using a system of containers to host various services, which use cases have proven worth the effort and boosted your productivity, and which ones were a waste of tim...
What are the tools available to place on the level on top of VMWare or Xen (or other VM managers) that would monitor the VMs? I know there are a few solutions like Netuitive, CA Infrastructure Manager / eHealth, Nimsoft - what are the areas of application and how popular are they? CA has root-cause analysis of potential problems with ...
Does application virtualization mean virtualizing only stand-alone desktop applications and executables? Or does it also cover virtualizing webapps and web servers? Can Citrix's XenApp and VMware's ThinApp virtualize web applications and web servers? ...