title: Creating a Private Cloud for practice
body: <p>I have two fairly new Dell Inspiron Desktops, which combined have 16 GB RAM and 1 TB HDD.  </p>
  
  <p>Initially I wanted to install vCenter or ESXi on them, but after a two day battle, I gave up due to </p>
  
  <pre><code>1) graphics buffer issues
  2) NIC issues  
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  <p>I'm now wondering if there's anything I can do with them in terms of creating a private cloud for practice, i.e. via OpenStack? </p>
  
  <p>OpenStack-Ubuntu requires 7 machines, so I think that's not an option.  Is there a way to utilize both desktops together in some way to create a private cloud?</p>
  
  <p>Distributed Programming is not a strong skill set of mine, so I can't do that, but I'm hoping to utilize those desktops together in a <code>combined or distributed</code> capacity for a learning opportunity.</p>