Penetration Testing: Re: Lab OS Choices

[Benjamin Anderson <hawklan () iastate edu>]

We have had great performance out of Xen.  In the Xen Worlds project  
we have had a (now 3-year-old) Dell Dimension desktop with 2GB of RAM  
serving 30 virtual machines.  The virtual machines weren't doing that  
much work, or generating much network traffic, but you should still  
manage a decent number of VMs under a moderate load.
A paper on Xen Worlds, that includes some performance results from  
running expect scripts can be found at: http://home.eng.iastate.edu/ 
~hawklan/xenWorldsAsee.pdf
- Ben

On Aug 15, 2007, at 4:28 PM, M.B.Jr. wrote:

> On 8/11/07, Shaon Diwakar <shaon.diwakar () yahoo com au> wrote:
> > Hi Peter,
> >
> > This issue has been discussed on the list a few times, so you  
> > might find some great advice from looking in the archives as well...
> > I would recommend having a base desktop build with what ever OS  
> > you are comfortable (GNU/Linux, Windows or even MacOSX) and using  
> > VMWare Server or Parallels images.
> In case one decide himself for a virtual lab, he must mind his
> machine's hardware. VMware's products (and even Xen) are not kid's
> play.
>
> Best
>
> --
> Marcio Barbado, Jr.
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