Sure but a good VAR should catch things like this before a proposal goes out the door. If you said max the RAM the licensing should support it.
On Friday, April 13, 2012, David Mazzaccaro wrote: > Good point, thanks.**** > > I may recall having said to them “just max the RAM in the hosts”.**** > > I’ll see what they come back with now.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected] <javascript:_e({}, > 'cvml', '[email protected]');>] > *Sent:* Friday, April 13, 2012 3:12 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Hooray, I'm moving to VMware!**** > > ** ** > > Hold your VAR's feet to the fire! I would've configured the three hosts > such that any two hit the vRAM entitlement limit when fully utilized, > allowing you to handle the loss of one host. **** > > ** ** > > Does that make sense?**** > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 2:53 PM, David Mazzaccaro < > [email protected]> wrote:**** > > Thx, getting clarification on this now...**** > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Cook [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 2:41 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Hooray, I'm moving to VMware!**** > > IIRC VMWare licensing only counts against running virtual machines, you > may have 48 Gb of memory allocated to all the guests running on a single > host but you're fine if only 32Gb of allocated memory are live ie > running. > You have WAY overkilled the memory installation. > > John W. Cook > Network Operations Manager > 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+, VSP4, VTSP4 > > > -----Original Message-----**** > > From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[email protected]]**** > > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 2:27 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Hooray, I'm moving to VMware! > > So, even though I will have 588GB of RAM across all 3 hosts, VMware is > only going to see and utilize 192GB? > <confused> > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 2:05 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Hooray, I'm moving to VMware! > > OK one more thing: > > vSphere Essentials Plus gives you 6 socket licenses for vSphere > Standard. > > Each license gives you 32gb of vRAM entitlement. > > 6 x 32 = 192gb vRAM across all three hosts. > > So 196gb per host seems slightly excessive (consider we can and > occasionally do run around 50 VM's on one host with 144gb). > ________________________________________ > From: David Mazzaccaro [[email protected]] > Sent: 13 April 2012 5:54 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Hooray, I'm moving to VMware! > > LOL > Yes, that is per host.. and it is HP memory (hence the premium) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 12:42 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Hooray, I'm moving to VMware! > > I'm a penny-pincher, and I saw a only one thing that really stuck out... > > > 196 G RAM <- this was $45k alone > > Ouch! Is that 196 Gig per computer, or total for the 3 servers? Even if > it's 196 per computer, Crucial can get you that much ram for $8100... As > long as I'm looking at the right memory. > > http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=ProLiant%20DL380%20G7&; > Cat=RAM<http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=ProLiant%20DL380%20G7&%0d%0aCat=RAM> > 48GB Kit - ($899.99 each) * 3 for each server ($2699.97) * 3 servers = > $8099.91 > > <kidding>Hey, I just saved you $36k! Can I get a commission for that? > Sm:)e.</kidding> > > > --Matt Ross > Ephrata School District > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: David Mazzaccaro > [mailto:[email protected]] > To: NT System Admin Issues > [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 > 08:38:47 -0700 > S > > . > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected]<javascript:_e({}, > 'cvml', '[email protected]');> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
