Centrally-stored and delivered virtual machines in the networking/system administration lab

Authors:
Mark Stockman;John Nyland;William Weed
Affiliations:
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH;University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH;University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Venue:
ACM SIGITE Newsletter
Year:
2005

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Abstract

Virtual machine technology has presented an opportunity for the networking/system administration lab to serve multiple classes. The storage and delivery of virtual machine images has however presented a new problem for faculty and technical support staff. The authors have performed initial testing involving centralized verses distributed virtual machine image delivery in the networking/system administration and will provide details as to their results in this paper. The overriding goal is to provide mobility for students within the lab and virtual machine manageability for faculty and technical staff.