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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Devon
Harding<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, 13 February 2008 22:19<BR><B>To:</B> Ubuntu
user technical support,not for general discussions<BR><B>Subject:</B> Ubuntu
Server & VMware<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>I've just set up Ubuntu Server 7.10 & VMware
Server. I want to disable unneeded services in Ubuntu to maximize the
performance of VMware, whats the best way to go about that?<BR><SPAN
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<DIV class=gmail_quote dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><SPAN class=937220722-13022008>Review what is installed "dpkg --list" and
remove what you KNOW you don't need. Another place to start is /etc/init.d to
see directory what services are installed.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><SPAN class=937220722-13022008>In practice I believe you will only gain
very minimal improvements by disabling services. I would do this only from a
security point of view or when the server is actually maximally loaded (when you
should rather consider upgrading).</SPAN></FONT> <SPAN
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<DIV class=gmail_quote dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=937220722-13022008><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>VMWare takes quite a performance impact
from virtualizing hardware. So ensure you:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><SPAN class=937220722-13022008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Use VMWare drivers, as they can 'avoid' using hardware emulation and
take a more efficient route.</FONT></SPAN></DIV></LI>
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<DIV align=left><SPAN class=937220722-13022008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Reduce requirements for hardware resources. Make sure you have
sufficient memory for caching.</FONT></SPAN></DIV></LI></UL>
<DIV class=gmail_quote dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=937220722-13022008><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Also monitor system load and performance. Ensure
you don't spends hours on winning virtually nothing.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=937220722-13022008><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>If your virtualizing only Linux, you could
attempt the Xen route, which makes use of paravirtualizaiton, avoiding the
hardware emulation steps. In all cases, you will pay for virtualization. Only
the price varies.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=937220722-13022008><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>- Joris</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>