I've always run my servers with 'one box, one app' in mind - and virtualizing is saving us a lot of money for hardware, etc.
Now all I have to do is convince some folks to let me virtualize the remaining machines, and I'll be very happy. Kurt On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > ~ 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
