Have you ever wanted to play around with(test ;) MySQL
replication/clustering techniques, LVS/Apache load balancing etc
but didn't have the hardware available and where smart enough not
to use a production environment?
Well an easy way to be able to do this is by creating a sandbox
environment using something like qemu,
xen, vmware or UML
which allow you to create virtual machines running inside a
protected environment on your own desktop machine or whatever
hardware you have spare, just be sure you have enough memory.
This article will cover setting up a sandbox using UML.
My GNU distro of choice is Archlinux and this article will be
based around it, but you should be able to take the …
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05
2008
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