In Part I, I discussed my hardware and my general concept of what I was going to build. Part II discussed adding the Hyper-V Role to a Windows Server 2008 machine to become the host. Part III will cover some different ways of creating VMs for use in your new Hyper-V host.
Now that I have had a chance to get the rig built from Part I and things installed, let me take Part II and step it out.
Well, I decided after reading through Andrew Connell’s post about his Hyper-V system build along with Bob Fox’s post about his build for Hyper-V, that I needed to just get on it and build up mine. For my build, I am taking something of a hybrid approach of these two.
Saw this over on Slashdot. Seriously, Oracle needs to get a grip on their vritualization practice.Check this post Oracle Kills Virtual Iron from Slashdot:
rhathar writes in with news that Oracle is killing off the products of Virtual Iron, a month after purchasing the company. Reports say that all but 10 to 15 staff were let go. The Reg article speculates that Oracle bought VI for its technology and considers its customers and partners expendable. When the Sun purchase finalizes, Oracle will be in possession of three separate virtualization technologies all based on Xen. "In a letter to Virtual Iron’s sales partners, Oracle says it ‘will suspend development of existing Virtual Iron products and will suspend delivery of orders to new customers.’ One partner said, ‘So basically, anyone that built their hosting infrastructure on VI… is now totally in the s–.’"
Check this post Blockberry 9500 gets false endorsement from most powerful man on earth from Coolest Gadgets:
This is a hoot – we all know that Mr. Obama fought his way to keep his BlackBerry by his side even after he became the most powerful man on earth by virtue of his political standing in the world, but this – the Blockberry 9500, a clone of the BlackBerry even gets a standing endorsement from the man in his trademark smile? More than one thing smells fishy here, with the slogan on the phone’s poster, “Obama have Blackberry, I have blockberry” being one of the funniest marketing pitches we’ve come across in a long, long time. Interestingly enough, the Blockberry 9500 will be powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 alongside a 460MHZ proccessor, a 3.2? touchscreen display, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, WIFI and Bluetooth connectivity, a SiRFStar III GPS navigation chipset as well as support for 3G and EDGE networks.
Earlier today I was installing some software on my machine, listening to XM Radio through a desktop gadget as I often do, when the music stopped. I didn’t think much about it, since at times my music streams can be bandwidth challenged. Well, after the install I went back out to my desktop and saw that all of my gadgets were gone.
Check this post Microsoft’s Browser Comparison Chart from Google Blogoscoped:
Microsoft has a “Get the facts” page for Internet Explorer 8. As you can see, Internet Explorer has security, privacy, and ease of use, whereas Firefox and Chrome don’t have those. Gotta love some old-fashioned propaganda. [Via Reddit.]
