Thanks!! I took a look at Proxmox.  I'm looking for something free.  You 
jogged my memory - I was told a while ago to use KVM.  I took a quick 
look and it looks like I install KVM and configure each VM using it.  It 
appears I would not need to install any other software to create VM's - 
very clean.

Am I understanding that I can install the VM's using Virtualbox on top 
of Mint and see the same performance?

Thanks for your help!!

Keith




On 2014-10-09 13:40, JD Austin wrote:
> Proxmox, your preferred Linux OS with Virtualbox, or using your
> preferred Linux OS's KVM/Qemu virtualization will all work about as
> well.  Proxmox gives you a nice interface to manage it all; there are
> some 'free' VMWare versions you can use as well. 
> 
> -- JD Austin
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> 
> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 11:12 AM, <techlists@phpcoderusa.com> wrote:
> 
>> I provided the wrong specs here is the specs of the box I want to
>> use
>> 
>> i3-3220 with visualization 
>> 
> http://ark.intel.com/products/65693/Intel-Core-i3-3220-Processor-3M-Cache-3_30-GHz
>> [3]
>> 
>> 8GB RAM.
>> 
>> Thank you for your help!!
>> 
>> Keith
>> 
>> On 2014-10-09 13:01, techlists@phpcoderusa.com wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I'd like to configure a test box for LAMP development.  What I
>>> have in
>>> mind is setting up multiple VM's on the box and loading a
>>> different
>>> distro in each VM.  Probably only need 2 or 3 VMs. The number
>>> might
>>> grow over time.  Will not be configuring X on any of the VM's -
>>> they
>>> will be LAMP servers only.
>>> 
>>> I seem to recall someone saying I would need a base system on the
>>> box
>>> and then load the VM's on top of that.  Or can I use something
>>> like
>>> Mint and load the VM's on top of that?  Is there a disadvantage
>>> to
>>> doing it with Mint as the base system?
>>> 
>>> The box is an i3 with visualization  -
>>> 
>> 
> http://ark.intel.com/products/81018/Intel-Core-i3-4030U-Processor-3M-Cache-1_90-GHz
>>> [1]
>>>  It has 4GB of RAM which I assume might not be enough.
>>> 
>>> This box will only be used for testing so I assume each VM will
>>> only
>>> need 1GB of RAM and will probably use much less.
>>> 
>>> Any direction is much appreciated.
>>> 
>>> Thanks!!
>>> 
>>> Keith
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