Im going to have to go with JD.  Proxmox is the best opensource VM solution period.

Sean

On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 11:40 AM, JD Austin <jd@twingeckos.com> 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

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
 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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