I have windows xp in my work and i programming on zend framework.
I need to install ubuntu for execute doctrine orm commands from linux console, I faile to do it on windows.
I thinking about 2 option of UBUNTU installation:
1.install ubuntu 10.04 on Virtual Box (Sun Virtual Machine).
2.create new primary partition and install ubuntu 10.04 directly.
Which options do you suggest to do?
Thanks
If it's something you won't be using much, just stick it in a Virtual Machine.
It's slower because it's running inside another system, so you'll have the windows stuff running as well as the ubuntu stuff, but if you're not going to be using it all the time, then not installing it as a stand alone means you don't mess with your MBR, and it's easier to get rid of when you don't need it anymore.
It's more easy, quickly, and safe if you use a VM, so you don't have to mess with the disk partition and so on.
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I have read a few articles that say that running MongoDB on Windows is a lot slower than Linux. They mention filesystems like XFS is better than NTFS etc, and that it's more designed for Linux.
Reference Why Mongodb performance better on Linux than on Windows?
So my question is, has anyone done any benchmarking of MongoDB performance on Windows (e.g installed directly on the server) vs the same machine (running Windows) but it running a VM (Ubuntu 18.04, XFS) via HyperV?
the same machine (running Windows) but it running a VM (Ubuntu 18.04, XFS) via HyperV
The reason why Linux performs better than Windows for MongoDB is because Linux is more efficient with hardware resources (disk, memory and networking were called out in the post you referenced). Putting Linux in a Windows VM does not eliminate the overhead of Windows that makes it slower for MongoDB. Instead you would have two overheads (Linux AND Windows).
You should also troubleshoot your actual performance problems (per your other post) rather than trying random things like OS changes in the hope that they will make your performance issues go away. The particular issue might go away but chances are you'll run into another one down the road, then what?
I want to change my operating system from Windows to Ubuntu.
But I don't want to lose my Virtualbox. Does anyone have an idea if this is possible?
Best,
Miriam
You can export your VMs in the OVA/OVF format using VirtualBox (File->Export Appliance, File->Import Appliance). This way you can get a fairly portable VM and back it up on some external hard drive. Then when you replace your host operating system from Windows to Ubuntu, you can import the VMs from the OVA/OVF file back to your Ubuntu host.
A pretty basic question. The MATLAB is installed on a linux based server. I have windows 7 installed on my system. I want to access MATLAB, how do i do that?
Shall i install some virtual machine or is there a simpler way? Please help.
Thanks.
MATLAB will run on Windows 7, so you could just install it on your Win7 machine. The other more complicated route would be to run a VNC client on the Win7 box and a matching server on the Linux side. Then you can have access to the remote linux desktop from Win7.
Reference here.
It may be a duplicate question but i could not find it anywhere.
Anyway, my goal to install operating system(both linux and windows) programatically on a virtual machine running on vmware hosts.
Although my search, I am quite lost about where to start.
Is there a framework or project you can suggest?
You could use templates; i.e. create a VM, install the Linux distribution of your choice and make the VM a template. Then don't create VMs but deploy the template.
Alternatively, google for the Linux distribution of your choice and something like "network installation". You'll need a DHCP server and probably a TFTP and/or web server.
Working with Templates and Clones
Creating VMware Virtual Machine Templates
Try having a look at Vagrant: http://www.vagrantup.com/. It allows you to install/uninstall a predefined VM from the command line.
I'm planning to build Linux web development server in virtual machine environment on Windows Virtual PC. As I don't have much experience with installing and configuring Linux web servers, I wanted to ask for some advice:
What Linux distribution do you recommend for such server? I want the virtual server to look like real hosting environment.
Do any pre-configured virtual machines for web development exist out there?
Maybe some instruction and tips on configuring?
My requirements for the server are quite standard: latest versions of Apache, MySQL, PHP, probably Python and Postgre.
Thank you.
UPDATE: OK I think I'll go with Ubuntu Server for this.
You can probably go with Ubuntu. It is easy for a beginner and there is plently of documentation on how to install a LAMP stack and later you can move on to other distros.
If you are looking for pre-configured machines, then you can have a look at VMWare Appliances
For the distribution I would recommend Ubuntu - you can add all the server software you want from their repositories.
For a virtual machine I'd recommend Ubuntu Server Edition JeOS, as that won't have any un-needed software on it.
Debian Lenny - rock solid stability & the most package support
I'm sure you can find some
Use prefork-worker apache, MySQL 5/PHP 5, Postgres 8.4.
There are lots of prebuilt vmware images that you can use. You might also consider looking at something like Amazon EC2 for which there are lots of off the shelf images.
I would also suggest Ubuntu server as a base OS.
Incidentally there are other virtualisation options in case Virtual PC doesn't recognise those prebuilt image formats (I think those formats are more standardised and interoperable these days, but not sure)...e.g. there is vmware, and there is virtualbox.org
Does it need to be in Linux straight away? You can run (Apache et al) XAMPP locally and get it up and running in 5 minutes.