22k clients here all using VMs. SQL is co-located with primary on ssd tier 0 storage. Works really well.
On Wed, Dec 9, 2015, 5:39 AM Marcum, John <[email protected]> wrote: > “SQLServer should be on a different VM – NOT the Site Server!” --- This > one is debateable. The new docs say you should “consider” moving it to a > remote server. > > > * ------------------------------ * > > * John Marcum* > > MCITP, MCTS, MCSA > * Desktop Architect* > > * Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP* > * ------------------------------ * > > > > [image: H_Logo] > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *[email protected] > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 9, 2015 6:59 AM > > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [mssms] RE: System Center Configuration Manager VM VS Physical > > > > Hello > > We’ve been running SCCM 2007 on All Virtual machines – 1 Central / 7 Child > Primaries - ~140,000 clients > > > > We’re in the middle of migrating to ConfigMgr 2012 – CAS – 3 Child > Primaries – All virtual / ~170,000 clients > > > > Disk latency is a major consideration > > Also > > SQLServer should be on a different VM – NOT the Site Server! > > > > Hope that helps > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Denzik, Josh > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 08, 2015 7:13 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [mssms] System Center Configuration Manager VM VS Physical > > > > All, > > > > I just wanted to ask anyone willing to share their experiences running an > entire SCCM infrastructure on VM’s. I am currently managing approximately > 18,000 machines in our current environment with a physical site server that > has 24 cores and 32 GB of RAM(runs fine). We are getting ready to build a > new site after SCCM Vnext comes out with the official production release. > Currently we have our VM site server spec’d out at 8 Cores with 32 GB of > RAM and all the necessary storage for sql etc. We are also planning to have > a additional MP as well. We have fast storage in our data center so that’s > not an issue. We are also worried about growth; and we close to the max our > server team can give us as far as server cores and ram. This was the > recommended hardware recommendations updated today per Microsoft > https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt589500.aspx. I am expecting > that if we go with this VM setup that is should accommodate growth up to at > least 40,000 clients? Is there a secret formula to figure this out? Is > Physical the preferred method? If anyone can please share their VM specs in > a large SCCM environment they are running that would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks in Advance! > > > > Joshua Denzik > > Senior Systems Engineer | Managed Desktop Team | OCIO-IS > > > > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is from a law firm and may be > protected by the attorney-client or work product privileges. If you have > received this message in error, please notify the sender by replying to > this e-mail and then delete it from your computer. >
