We had 7 DL580's but replaced them a month ago with Two 3 server clusters for production consisting of HP Blade servers 680c G5. .. 4 Intel 2.6Ghz quad core, .. 56 GB ram .. 12 GB Nic
Running VMWare 3.02 I think. Our pre-production / various test environments are bigger. Steven On Jan 30, 2008 7:15 AM, Andy Shook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 3 Dell PE servers with 16GB of RAM and 8 GB NICs, Three Cisco 3750 PoE > switches (stacked) in the core, Equallogic iSCSI SAN and ESX 3.5. > > ASA 5510 going in today and Cisco Wireless LAN controller with lightweight > APs being installed in two weeks after we move to our new headquarters > building. > > Andy > > ________________________________ > > > From: René de Haas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 9:58 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: VMWARE ESX QUESTION > > > > > > Joking aside, what is that setup? > > > > > > From: Tom Strader [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 3:27 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: VMWARE ESX QUESTION > > > > > > I'd love to have the setup that Shook has at his work. > > > > How do you spell SWEET? ESX!! > > > ________________________________ > > > From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 9:25 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: VMWARE ESX QUESTION > > > Where do you think Shook got his information???? > > I've only used MS virtual stuff in a classroom environment. I'm not > impressed. VMWare is years ahead of MS in the virtualization field. > > > On Jan 30, 2008 8:17 AM, Tom Strader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > So Sherry.... > > > > Have you tried MS Virtual Server? If so, in your expert opinion, which do > you prefer and why? > > > > Shook I know why you like it!! > > > ________________________________ > > > > > From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 9:02 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: VMWARE ESX QUESTION > > > > > Not ever seen any issues with having a DC on a virtual machine. I've had > DC's on GSX/ESX for probably 4 years now. In production environment, it > doesn't replace a physical box in my domain, but for redundancy it's great. > We had to keep an old NT 4 domain around for years because of a legacy app > and it worked great until we were finally able to shut it down. I've got an > entire test domain in ESX VMWare (DC's, Exchange, ISA, SharePoint, > workstations etc) and it really works great. > > Z, what your looking to do, is very doable, and a very good option for DR. > > The only reason we don't have our DC's on VMWare is because the IT manager > didn't want it. I would run it all virtual with absolute confidence that it > would work just fine. > > I really, really like VMWare ;) > > > On Jan 30, 2008 7:47 AM, Ziots, Edward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Was looking to do Virtual AD controllers and put ESX box at off-site for DR > purposes. > > > > Z > > > > > Edward E. Ziots > > Netwok Engineer > > Lifespan Organization > > MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA > > Phone: 401-639-3505 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: René de Haas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 8:41 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > > > > > Subject: RE: VMWARE ESX QUESTION > > > > > > > > Our ADcontroller is virtual as well. No problem. > > > > > > From: Jeff Frantz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 2:23 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: VMWARE ESX QUESTION > > > > > > Joe, > > > > I P2V'd my entire environment two years ago including two DCs, DNS and DHCP > servers with no issues. > > > > -Jeff > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: Haralson, Joe (GE Indust, ES Asset Intelligence, consultant) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 8:09 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: VMWARE ESX QUESTION > > > > > > I currently have my Domain controller running Microsoft 2003 enterprise with > DNS, and a Second box running microsoft 2003 Enterprise acting as a print > server and running DHCP. However, I would like to VM those boxes. I've > Virtualized lots of boxes in the past , just not to a Domain controller > running DNS or a box running DHCP. Since Domain controllers , DNS and DHCP > apps are such a big part of Microsoft Infrastructure, I wanted to know if > anyone has run into any issues or had success doing a VM on a Domain > controller with DNS or DHCP? Thanks in advance for your responses. > > > > Thanks' > Joe Haralson > Network Infrastructure team > Phone - 847-598-6737 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > *** > The information in this e-mail is confidential and intended solely for the > individual or entity to whom it is addressed. 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