[Opensource] Moodle Server Specs

[victor rajewski]

> I do not have access to a server and it will remain that way for the near
> future.  The only way around this issue is to use my USB laptop drive.  A
> linux server would be nice but right now I literally have no harware to
> install it on.  The existing XP computer is simply one of the class
> computers.  As I understand VMware will cost money and I'm not sure running
> VMware off a USB would do the trick.  I am not allowed to install anything

There are a number of free vmware products - vmware player and vmware
server. You can create a virtual machine using the server and run it
using the player. There are also some websites and apps that will
create a virtual machine for you for free. USB sticks are suprisingly
fast... unless you're running USB1.0 in which case performance will
suck anyway. Your other option is to use microsoft's virtual machine
(I forget the name) which is also free, though last I checked it
didn't run linux graphics (but could do a command line install, which
should be fine for a server)

> on the computers because they are used for TEFOL testing and the people here
> are paranoid about it.

Your other option is to beg and plead the technicians to let you run a
linux/WAMP/Moodle VM on one of the existing servers.

vik