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MacManiak
Aug 06, 2011Aspirant
Built-In Virtualisation
Hello. I've seen that most of Virtualisation software is accessible for free and have a Linux/self running version. I know that ReadyNAS can host and run a Virtual machine server. So, my que...
WhoCares_
Aug 07, 2011Mentor
Sure, that may be an option. Still, that would require either a "supported" memory upgrade or yet another "sub-line" with added memory to support the VMs. And even if it is a premium feature *and* is explained well *and* is run on upgraded hardware I can already imagine the posts about "I wanted to set up this and that and I need at least 8GB RAM for the VM and that's not available. If someone had told me before I've never bought that crap .... yaddayadda ... packaging says 'supports virtual machines' ... yaddayadda" ;)
I'm not at all against running VMs on a ReadyNAS, I'm doing it here, too. But from a business perspective I see too many pitfalls and dangers to make it an official feature, even a premium one.
-Stefan
I'm not at all against running VMs on a ReadyNAS, I'm doing it here, too. But from a business perspective I see too many pitfalls and dangers to make it an official feature, even a premium one.
-Stefan
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