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Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:31:21 -0700
From: Duke Normandin <dukeofperl@ml1.net>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan9 topology
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On Thu, 13 Jan 2011, Skip Tavakkolian wrote:

> if the intent is to get a full understanding of what an operational
> Plan 9 environment is like, using VMware or Qemu to create VM's for
> various roles (auth/cpu, fs, term) connected by a virtual network is
> an excellent option. I've successfully used this setup for
> experimenting/testing and for demos.

Sounds like _a lot_ of fooling around! I've set up numerous *nix LANs
before, but don't have one at the moment. How much memory would a
machine need to set up all those VMs?
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Duke