You can create growing hd images as you can with server and workstation, however this is not a function built into VIC, and you would have to use the ESX command line, or the CLI tools for ESXi
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 9:46 AM, ccieid1ot <ccieid...@gmail.com> wrote: > I must be smoking something because I was able to create a HD with as > much as needed on ESXi platform. > > On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Mark Snow<ms...@ipexpert.com> wrote: > > ESXi will definitely give you a decent performance increase. However > > what will make a much bigger impact is if you get a hardware RAID > > controller and make sure it has BBWC on it, and move your datastore > > and virtual servers onto a hardware RAID 0. The more disks you stripe > > across, the bigger the performance increase you will see. If you > > cannot do that - then look to try to increase the speed of your one > > disk (by buying a newer one) as much as you can. Don't let simple > > things like RPMs fool you - look at the manufacturers website to > > ensure things like read, write, and latency ms ratings are lower than > > another disk you have or are comparing it to. If you have a true > > server platform (like a DL320 or 360 or something) then go for the SAS > > drives for blazing fast performance. > > > > Those things (depending on how many of them you do) will increase you > > speed by 300-600%! > > > > BTW - if you move to ESXi, it only supports monolithic disks - so you > > cannot take advantage of the feature that VMWare Server affords you > > which is the ability to start your disk small and "grow" it to the > > size you need - or break parts of the disk (vmdk files) up into 2GB > > chunks. So MAKE SURE that you have enough disk space to begin with. > > > > -- > > Mark Snow > > CCIE #14073 (Voice, Security) > > > > Senior Technical Instructor - IPexpert, Inc. > > > > Telephone: +1.810.326.1444 > > Fax: +1.309.413.4097 > > Mailto: ms...@ipexpert.com > > -- > > Join our free online support and peer group communities: > http://www.IPexpert.com/communities > > -- > > IPexpert - The Global Leader in Self-Study, Classroom-Based, Video-On- > > Demand and Audio Certification Training Tools for the Cisco CCIE R&S > > Lab, CCIE Security Lab, CCIE Service Provider Lab , CCIE Voice Lab and > > CCIE Storage Lab Certifications. > > -- > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 6, 2009, at 11:54 PM, Mark Holloway wrote: > > > >> I am currently using VMWare Workstation to run all the UC > >> applications. Someone mentioned to me that using ESXi, which is a > >> true hyper visor, will increase the performance of any VM when > >> compared to Workstation. For the most part UCM runs fine with > >> Workstation but I do agree that sometimes the web interface can feel a > >> bit sluggish. I attribute this to the fact it is running on a VM. > >> Has anyone moved from Workstation to ESXi and noticed a performance > >> increase? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Mark > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, > >> please visit www.ipexpert.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > > > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com >
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