I have a dual Quad-core Xeon box with 12GB and 3TB RAID-5 using a 3Ware 9550SXU card with battery backup. The box is currently running Ubuntu 8.04 and has the Linux software from 3Ware installed that allows me to administer/monitor the RAID card/disks via a browser. The box also runs Samba for SMB shares for a couple of XP boxes. The box also runs VMWare Server for six or seven (changes frequently) virtual boxes including 2003 Server, 2000 Server, XP, 2000, Ubuntu desktop and server.
I am trying to decide if I should just leave it alone (no fun) or if I should switch to Ubuntu w/KVM or Proxmox VE which, BTW, looks very impressive and is getting really good reviews. My main questions are: Will I be able to use the 3Ware drivers/software? Will I be able to use Samba?
Performance is not really an issue since I use this box for playing with various software development environments and just playing in general.
That's about it. Thoughts/comments welcome.
Thanx much for your time,
Garth
I am trying to decide if I should just leave it alone (no fun) or if I should switch to Ubuntu w/KVM or Proxmox VE which, BTW, looks very impressive and is getting really good reviews. My main questions are: Will I be able to use the 3Ware drivers/software? Will I be able to use Samba?
Performance is not really an issue since I use this box for playing with various software development environments and just playing in general.
That's about it. Thoughts/comments welcome.
Thanx much for your time,
Garth