Hardware requirements for running appliance

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.

joespnet

Replies (7)

Probably not...

Reply 1 2009-04-01

I don't think you'll notice any difference, unless they have different levels of load...

Thank you

Reply 2 2009-04-01

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.

With virtualization an appliance will run anywhere

Reply 3 2009-04-01

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.

You got it

Reply 4 2009-04-01

That's exactly what he means.

I mean just the Box...

Reply 5 2009-04-01

TurnKey appliances are Ubuntu underneath, so all you need to do is follow the 1 minute installation and your done.

Real Hardware?

Reply 6 2009-04-01

Thank you alon, By real hardware do you mean a box with Ubuntu OS rather than by using VM on another system? Thanks joespnet

Can also be installed on bare metal (real hardware)

Reply 7 2009-04-01

As Liraz mentioned, with virtualization an appliance will run anywhere. But, if you so desire, TurnKey appliances can also be installed on real hardware.