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Submitted by joespnet on Wed, 2009/04/01 - 10:06

I just discovered this site and the timing is great as we are just looking at starting to work with Drupal.  Installing the required components looked like a daunting task, so learning about the appliance idea could be a great time-saver.  Sorry if this is a dumb question, but must the appliance be installed on a Ubuntu box?  We have more local experience managing Mac OSX servers and desktops.  Can that be used for the Drupal 6 appliance?

Thank you.

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Liraz Siri - Wed, 2009/04/01 - 10:17
When you install a software appliance into a virtual machine, it becomes a virtual appliance. Using Virtual Machine software such as VMWare or VirtualBox you can run an appliance as a self-contained system on top of any host operating system.

BTW, our users report they are happily running appliances on Mac desktops. I recommend using VirtualBox. It's a free open source virtualization program that supports all the major operating systems including Mac OS X.

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joespnet - Wed, 2009/04/01 - 10:51
Thank you for your reply liraz, I'll check out VirtualBox first. Given 2 Mac OSX boxes (one a server and one a regular desktop) with comparable speed and memory running VirtualHost VM with the Drupal 6 appliance, would there be any significant performance difference between the two? Appreciate your help very much! Thanks.
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Liraz Siri - Wed, 2009/04/01 - 11:07
I don't think you'll notice any difference, unless they have different levels of load...
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Alon Swartz - Wed, 2009/04/01 - 10:46
As Liraz mentioned, with virtualization an appliance will run anywhere. But, if you so desire, TurnKey appliances can also be installed on real hardware.
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joespnet - Wed, 2009/04/01 - 11:00
Thank you alon, By real hardware do you mean a box with Ubuntu OS rather than by using VM on another system? Thanks joespnet
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Liraz Siri - Wed, 2009/04/01 - 11:08
That's exactly what he means.
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Alon Swartz - Wed, 2009/04/01 - 11:31
TurnKey appliances are Ubuntu underneath, so all you need to do is follow the 1 minute installation and your done.

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