I think you'll be fine with 6-core processors. Make sure you have as much RAM as your licensing permits in your hosts—you'll use RAM a lot faster than CPU.
---- Jack Kramer Manager of Information Technology Communications and Brand Strategy Michigan State University w: 517-884-1231 / c: 248-635-4955 From: David Mazzaccaro <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Monday, July 16, 2012 3:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: moving to virtual Greetings, Getting very close to moving into the VM world,andhave acouple of questions… 1)I am trying to figure out if Ishould go with 8 core or 6 core processors in my3 hosts for myupcoming VMware environment. The price is about double. And I’m not sure I need 8 cores. The layoutthat has been quoted is as follows: 3 hosts connected to a PS4100XV SAN running VMware Essentials Plus Kit. Thehost serversI am looking at are either: HPDL360 G82x Intel® Xeon® E5-2640 (6 core, 2.50 GHz, 15MB, 95W) $5356 each HPDL360 G82x Intel® Xeon® E5-2690 (8 core, 2.90 GHz, 20MB, 135W) $10,061 each I currentlyhave8 physical servers(Win2003, E2003, Citrix 4.0)that we will be P2V’d. After I P2Vthe servers, the plan is to begincreating new Windows 2008 R2 VMs andmigrating each server’s role(2008R2 domain, Exchange 2010, and Citrix XenApp 6.5). I wantenough power to be able to run my existing8 servers in a virtual environmentand migratethem to AD2008/E2010/XenApp as well as leave some room for testingand growth. 2of the vendors said 6 core is fine, another vendor is quoting 8 core processors. 2) The quotes I have for the“services” part of this are: $40,000 ($12k for AD/Exch, $8k for XenApp 20k for VMware) $38,000 (not itemized) $28,000 ($11k for AD/Ex,$6k XenApp, $11k for VM) Do these sound legit? I have ~190 users if that helps. I really think 28k iseither too aggressive or simply not realistic. This is the same vendor who quoted me(3) singleprocessorservers, so I have to go back to them and tell them I want dual proc. 3) For the SAN, I have 2 options: PS4100XV (12 600GB 15k SAS) $23,000 NetApp FAS2240 (12 600GB 10k SAS) $22,000 I have 2 vendors pushing the PS4100XV, and the other pushingthe NetApp. >From what I have been told, I’llget better IOPS w/ the 15k drives in the >Equalogic. And fuller feature set. Any one w/ experiences w/either of these models want to add their $.02? This is a completely new world for me, so any help is appreciated! . ~ 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]<mailto:[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
