<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Rich West <<a href="mailto:Rich.West@wesmo.com">Rich.West@wesmo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div class="Ih2E3d"><br><br>Mitch Gore wrote:<br>> On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 8:44 AM, greg pryzby <<a href="mailto:greg@pryzby.org">greg@pryzby.org</a><br></div>
<div class="Ih2E3d">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:greg@pryzby.org">greg@pryzby.org</a>>> wrote:<br>><br>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>> Hash: SHA1<br>><br>> Has anyone used VMware for front-ends and backends? Any pointers?<br>
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<div class="Ih2E3d">> For the backend it may work but for the frontend it would not be very<br>> good. There is no way to get direct access to the video card so<br>> playing video is difficult. It is just a frame buffer.<br>
<br></div>I doubt it would work for the backend, either. VMware can't handle<br>specialized hardware very well (or at all, in some cases).</blockquote>
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<div>I think it has a greater chance working with USB devices than PCI, that's for sure.</div>
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<div>Kevin</div></div>