response 10 of 56:

Dec 3 19:45 UTC 2008

A "virtual machine" is _still_ a machine. 

I would be leery of sharing a processor. 

as cross indicated in resp:4 
>we've had some problems with unruly Grex users causing problems for 
>Provide, and I can imagine that the problem would be worse in a 
>virtual context where our workload is competing for resources with 
>those of other paying customers.

Likewise system bogging by our 'virtual neighbors' could bring GREX to 
a crawl in spite of all efforts to restrict foul play. All it takes is 
a badly written SQL query to lock up a shared CPU then somebody will 
still have to call somebody for a reboot.

Imagine the thrill of getting root on the mothership - the cracking of 
that 'virtual devide' - tell me that ain't going to be happening. ;-)