[ILUG] Virtualisation, what the point?

[Justin Mason]

I presume you mean 2 or 3 virtual servers running the same OS?  (Having
*different* OSes isn't possible in the non-virt case anyway.)

This journal entry from LJ's Brad Fitzpatrick gives a good use-case demo
for the multiple-vserver setup: http://brad.livejournal.com/2181734.html

Key point for me -- imagine being able to install an insecure swiss-cheese
PHP app like Gallery and *not* have to worry about all your important data
getting pwn3d!

For security, it's got some killer features.

--j.

JMcCarthy at mortgagelink.ie writes:
> Where is the advantage of having 2 or 3 OSes running on the same machine,
>  at the same time with virtualisation(i.e. XEN)?
> 
> Why not just have the same services running on one OS, it seems a bit of a
> waste of resources to me.
> 
> 
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