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admars · 15-09-2015, 22:09

maybe I'm missing somehting, but I don't understadn the question.

when I see VM, it means Virtual Machine, or I guess on these forums Virgin Media

a NAS would already have an OS on it, which you would probably access via a web page from one of your PCs to confgure etc, browse the files, kind of liek you do for a router.

I don't think you remote desktop to them.

not sure where you using a VM? people use VMs on physical PCs to access different OSs etc on one PC.

edit:

just googled it, this it?
http://www.ebuyer.com/666187-qnap-ts...FUg8GwodCSAB5Q
I think you can use it as a server with a hypervisor so you could install different OSs on it, and remote connect to them, or you could just use it as a NAS.
the hypervisor OS is just a means to install an OS, you can't usually do anything with them, it's to get your VMS as "close to the metal" as possible without the overhead of a fullyu blown OS just to host VMs.

15-09-2015, 22:09	#2
admars cf.mega poster Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,615	Re: how does vm work via nas? qnap... do i need a default os on the computer? maybe I'm missing somehting, but I don't understadn the question. when I see VM, it means Virtual Machine, or I guess on these forums Virgin Media a NAS would already have an OS on it, which you would probably access via a web page from one of your PCs to confgure etc, browse the files, kind of liek you do for a router. I don't think you remote desktop to them. not sure where you using a VM? people use VMs on physical PCs to access different OSs etc on one PC. edit: just googled it, this it? http://www.ebuyer.com/666187-qnap-ts...FUg8GwodCSAB5Q I think you can use it as a server with a hypervisor so you could install different OSs on it, and remote connect to them, or you could just use it as a NAS. the hypervisor OS is just a means to install an OS, you can't usually do anything with them, it's to get your VMS as "close to the metal" as possible without the overhead of a fullyu blown OS just to host VMs.