I have posted this in both the water cooler and in cfaussie cause I don't know who's in who :) And it sort of follows on from the whole licensing costs topic and I guess optimizing cf server setups.
Couple of questions RE virtual servers CPU --------------- If the CPU maxes out in a virtual server, does it max out in all the others? I mean it is after all the same CPU being used across the virtual servers. RAM --------------- I have played with the VMWare locally and I had to split my ram up into blocks for each VM to use. This means a healthy machine with say 4 gig of ram, to be able to run multiple VMs would have to have, I would say, at least a gig of ram each. Is that right? Then you could run 4 VMs on a single box? So if you wanted more VMs then you would need to get more RAM. Depending on the initial OS your running, you would probably have to upgrade your OS to be able to use the extra RAM you put in as well. Software --------------- How would running VM help with software licensing? You basically run each VM as its own independent OS don't you? So if you had 4 VMs running, that means 4x OS licenses, 4x CF licenses, then FTP servers and any other stuff you need to run on it. Wouldn't that then increase the cost? Or is it for the machine itself? So could I install and run a single CF license on multiple VMs legally without having to purchase a new license for each VM? Not to mention the initial OS license cost for the machine itself. I know you have the advantage of quickly being able to set up new VMs by duplicating an existing one, but at what cost to the server. I wouldn't imagine you could run VM server farms, although that would be good if you could. 2 VMs on a single machine clustered. Mmmmmmm interesting for my feeble mind. Mind you, this whole topic of VMs is out of my realm of experience, so would be great to get some feedback/advise/pointers/corrections on what im saying Steve --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
