perfsonar development work

[Nicolas Simar <>]

Hi Giovanni,

Cesaroni Giovanni wrote:
> Hi Nicolas,
> about VMWare:
> it is a tool that allow you to install on a single machine many virtual 
> machines.
> The benefit of using it, in our case, is that you can install the ios 
> with all the sw creating an image of the  virtual machine.
> Then you can run the image on any other machine using VMWare without 
> installing anything.
> Example of use:
> it is often used to run windows at the same time you run linux on a 
> linux machine (note that the resources of the physical machine are 
> distributed on the virtual machines)
> or if you have a service on VMW you can easily backup it, just coping 
> the image file (of the ios with all the sw installed) to another server.

What are the drawbacks of such methods?
Could it be a way of providing easy to install perfsonar web-services or 
it will decrease their performances?

Cheers,
Nicolas

> Cheers,
> Giovanni
>
> Nicolas Simar wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > several users have asked to have something really simple for 
> > installing perfsonar web-services.
> > As way of facilitating means, I have heard of HELL (DFN plan) and VMWare.
> >
> > Could someone explain me:
> > a) what is HELL
> > b) what is its difference with VMWare
> > c) are there other system that could allow someone to deploy quickly 
> > and easily some tools.
> >
> > Thanks a lot in advance.
> >
> > Best regards,

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Nicolas
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