I've always been impressed with VMWare support, you get what you pay for. John W. Cook Director of Network Operations Partnership For Strong Families 5950 NW 1st Place Gainesville, Fl 32607 Office (352) 244-1610 Cell (352) 215-6944 MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, Security+ VSP4, VTSP4
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Webster Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 12:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Fun virtualization projects coming up I would not recommend XenServer for a production environment at this time. I think it is fine for a lab and the XenSource version is awesome for Cloud providers with the Linux and dev experience. I work with all three at customer sites and all of them are replacing XenServer with either Hyper-V or ESX. It depends on your comfort level with the two products. Hope this helps. Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.com<http://www.carlwebster.com/> ________________________________ From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Jeff S. Gottlieb <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 10:13 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Fun virtualization projects coming up I hope there are others in this forum like us that might benefit from our maneuvers. Unfortunately (sorry) we are not quite into (at least not yet) the LARGE type of environments that serve part of this audience. Location A (see below) was refreshed 18-months ago, and was built with 2008R2 at the core, Hyper-V was implemented for Ericom AccessNow 3-months ago. Location B came into production 1/2014, and designed with virtualization to avoid the headaches we've experienced with software incompatibility. We did achieve the results we were looking for, as this location has been reported as "fast" and remains trouble free. Unprecedented on my career ...it's never been so smooth this past 3-months. Now it's just a question of either Citrix XebsEVERor VMWARE going forward with our Future Location, and we are looking for a standard. For backups we are using Continuum Vault with DATO servers Locations A and B are connected via SonicWall VPN over T1 and EoC (respectively) For monitoring we use Continuum RRM PSA partners (still undetermined) Location A Server T410, Dell PowerEdge, 2 CPU, 32GB of RAM, DRAC Microsoft Hyper-V installed on Disk2 is made for Ericom AccessNow. Credentials:****/***** IP = 10.0.0.12 - DC (Primary): The primary controller is at this location. Domain level is 2008R2 SP1, all features including DNS server are installed on C: drive. D: drive is being used for - Apps - server where all medical packages are installed. The system is located on drive C:. The data is located on drive D:. Data includes all databases, images, corporate files, etc. - "XenApp" - remote applications server. The Ericom AccessNow software is installed to let remote desktop sessions happen in HTML5 capable browser window. Location B Server T420, Dell PowerEdge, 2 CPU, 24GB of RAM, DRAC VMware ESXi ver 5.5 hypervisor installed on Disk 1. Disk2 is made as 2nd datastore. Credentials: IP = 10.0.10.4 - DC (Secondary): Windows Server 2008R2 SP1, IP = 10.0.10.5, HD0 = 80GB located on Disk1, HD1 = 100GB located on Disk 2 - Apps: Windows Server 2008R2 SP1, IP = 10.0.10.10, HD0 = 80GB located on Disk1, HD1 = 200GB located on Disk 2 - "XenApp" (Ericom AccessNow) 2008R2 SP1, IP = 10.0.10.12, HD0 = 80GB located on Disk1, HD1 = 100GB located on Disk 2 VCenter 5.5: VMware appliance Future Location (independent company) Server T420, Dell PowerEdge, 2 CPU, 24GB of RAM, 2/1GB SD CARD for RIP, DRAC CITRIX XenServer? - DC (Primary): Windows Server 2012R2 - Apps: Windows Server 2012R2 - "XenApp" (Ericom AccessNow ) 2012R2 From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Stovall Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 5:41 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Fun virtualization projects coming up Hoo boy. Size of your virtualized environment? Current virtualization platform? On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 8:38 PM, Jeff S. Gottlieb <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: We have several server refreshes coming up... our choices are ESXi, Hyper-V, or CITRIX XenServer. Was wondering if this is a forum to post concerns, experiences, and look forward to recommendations? Oddly, we haven't seen a single post regarding the above in the past. -J
