Thinly provisioning servers, too. In that most of my servers now host a single app or role. I went from 3 physical to 10 virtual, but I planned it out.
On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 12:45 PM, David Mazzaccaro < [email protected]> wrote: > Good luck! > Also consider "VM Sprawl". > You may have 6 servers now, but that could very easily double or triple. > > (testing, backup, upgrades, redundancy, load balancing, etc...) > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 12:09 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: A question about Virtualization > > Thanks all, > I know I will have 6 servers to virtualize. Outside of that I am not > sure. I am waiting on specs. > I will look through archives and trying and get more info going forward. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[email protected]] > Posted At: Tuesday, November 6, 2012 11:57 AM > Posted To: [email protected] > Conversation: A question about Virtualization > Subject: Re: A question about Virtualization > > Hey David. > > My recommendation: Start small. Find a desktop with a VM enabled chip > and create a little VM server. All of the major players have a free > version to use: > > VMWare: ESXi (The industry standard) > Microsot: Hyper-V Server (Quickly gaining popularity) > Citrix: XenServer (Best for Desktop Virtualization, I hear.) > Linux: ProxMox VE (Web-based VM, but no Desktop Virtualization option) > > ---- > > After you get your feet wet, you will then start to see what kind of > investment you are in for. You'll have to start thinking of large > servers to host VMs, with lots of processors/memory, not to mention > extra networking and shared storage. > > > --Matt Ross > Ephrata School District > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > To: NT System Admin Issues > [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tue, 06 Nov 2012 > 08:28:21 -0800 > Subject: A question about Virtualization > > > > I have no experience with Virtualized anything. > > > > I have read VMware is better than Citrix. > > > > What kind of hardware do I put all of this on? > > > > A Blade server with a SAN back end? > > > > I really have no opinions or experience on any of this. > > > > Please don't flame me to badly. > > > > Thanks > > > > David > > > > > > ~ 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 > > ~ 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 > > > ~ 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 > > . > > ~ 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 > > ~ 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
