Let me be selfish for a moment and use the blog as a diary. I have some “experiments” in progress which are mainly to help me “tool up” and keep my skillset in some modicum of respectability. These experiments are not necessarily going to help anyone out there.

To recap, as I mentioned in my first post, I want to contribute to the virtualisation revolution. I have done so already by being involved in a largish server virtualisation project, now complete. What I am doing now are not projects, just “experiments” which shouldn’t take more than a day. If I find tips along the way, I will, of course post them and I will continue to make notes of presentations I attend.

Experiment 1. Install ESXi on USB stick. (Done)

Experiment 2. Compile Xen. (Got an update on this soon). As a challenge, compile Xen on Leopard.

Experiment 3. Get PXElinux working to boot O/Ss and Hypervisors.

Experiment 4. Benchmark the 8g Intel i5 hardware I have with a variety of hypervisors and guests (this is getting more like a project)

My other “creative” activity, is to present a vision of an “ideal” IT infrastructure, a sci-fi fantasy which nevertheless gives us something to aim for and talk about.