Hey guys, I run a LAN party in DC and was wondering how VMware Server could handle game servers. Just to give you an idea; two servers 2.8Ghz p4s, 2gb of ram. I was hoping to run 2 VMs on each server. Ex/ one as a BF2 server and one as a Q4 server. My reason for this is because as it stands its just a pain to try and get multiple copies of certain games running at once (ut2k4 comes to mind).
I realize this isnt ideal and not really what VMWare was built to do, but heres the thought: we have people who are willing to dedicate boxes, but only for the day. We could throw a really minimal install (kickstart) onto those machines, put the VMs on it and just go without having to deal with setup and all that (as it would be done well in advance).
I did a quick search and saw someone talking about doing it on ESX and how it probably was a bad idea, but Im looking for some real numbers ect. Is this something Im going to have to test for myself and post results, or has someone tried this?