well,
I know how you feel.
only I run three.

I use Linux as a host and then run windows under a VM (with its own HDD). I have a shared drive (using NFS) and a separate machine that runs OS X and accesses the shared drive on my local lan. I wish I could host all three on a single machine, but the legalese involved from apple kinda prevents that. :(

anyway, the linux machine is my old AMD X2 3.00 Ghz with 8 GB of ram, 3 TB of storage and 1000Baset ethernet. not a bad unit for fresh built 4 years ago.

-Eric

On Dec 6, 2010, at 3:12 AM, Mike Hoy wrote:

> I need to run Windows and Linux. It has been this way for years. I am
> getting fed up with it to be honest. But this isn't just about going
> between win and nix. I also am compelled to run at least two different
> distro's.
> 
> My solution was to do this:
> 
> HDD1: Ubuntu (for web dev and basically everything I need to get done)
> HDD2: Windows
> HDD3: Storage (for all backups between both 1 and 2 and all multimedia)
> 
> There is a 4th hard drive but it has failed so I will leave that out.
> It was running Gentoo up until it's demise.
> 
> No matter what since I've owned a computer I find myself constantly
> reinstalling operating systems. It has gone down over the years but
> it's still like 3 times a year or so.
> 
> Recently I went from 9.10 to 10.10 and that caused problems so now I'm
> going to have to go back to 9.10 not the end of the world but it's
> getting old as am I.
> 
> Anyone have the ultimate solution for how to manage this? Are you in a
> similar situation? What have you done to fix this problem.
> 
> Another problem is disk space. I have 2 500 gig drives (plenty for OS)
> but my storage drive can never be big enough. I keep all my client's
> data on it because I feel the need to have backups of everything for
> those CYA moments. They do come up.
> 
> I find myself in awe of motherboards with more than 4 SATA ports. That
> way I can have 8 hard drives! I could run 6 operating systems and 1
> storage in RAID config! I'm only somewhat joking there.
> 
> Another question has anyone done any development on chromium OS? Maybe
> that belongs in the dev list.
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