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HowTo: VMware Server 2 on ReadyNAS 4.2.11
Hi, based on the guides from jdw99 and chirpa (viewtopic.php?p=155733#p155733 and viewtopic.php?f=35&t=26468) I completed a step-by-step guide to get VMware Server up and running on my NAS. This Ho...
This is nuts :D
Just successfully installed vmware-server on my new ReadyNAS Ultra 4(fresh 4.2.15), and upgraded memory to 2GB, using the instructions in post 1.
Of course some minor things are different(kernel source version paths etcetera), but other than that, it just works.
Did a quick test with a pfSense firewall, and it boots and installed fine. Performance doesn't seem that bad, considering the Ultra 4's Atom D410, but will report back later when i've put a Windows server on it.
The crazy thing is, i've bought the readynas for (NFS/iSCSI) storage for my ESX server at home. On the ESX server there are 2 very low-resource servers, one Windows 2003 R2 domain controller/DNS/DHCP/fileserver, and one Linux CentOS webserver(which is with PHP/Mysql on the readynas, not necessary anymore ).
Now I could end up running those VM('s) on my readyNAS :D. Saving power and the environment, and more importantly: my money.
Thanks guys for making this possible!!
I've got a very very happy nerdy feeling right now :)
Just successfully installed vmware-server on my new ReadyNAS Ultra 4(fresh 4.2.15), and upgraded memory to 2GB, using the instructions in post 1.
Of course some minor things are different(kernel source version paths etcetera), but other than that, it just works.
Did a quick test with a pfSense firewall, and it boots and installed fine. Performance doesn't seem that bad, considering the Ultra 4's Atom D410, but will report back later when i've put a Windows server on it.
The crazy thing is, i've bought the readynas for (NFS/iSCSI) storage for my ESX server at home. On the ESX server there are 2 very low-resource servers, one Windows 2003 R2 domain controller/DNS/DHCP/fileserver, and one Linux CentOS webserver(which is with PHP/Mysql on the readynas, not necessary anymore ).
Now I could end up running those VM('s) on my readyNAS :D. Saving power and the environment, and more importantly: my money.
Thanks guys for making this possible!!
I've got a very very happy nerdy feeling right now :)
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