We're using VMware Essentials Plus, and standard MSFT servers - no Citrix here. Not a need for it at this point.
Kurt On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 11:19 AM, Rankin, James R <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > If you're using Citrix, then PVS is the mutt's nuts when dealing with > virtualized systems. Seeing as Webster is asleep after 40 hours awake, I > thought I'd better plug all the Citrix products in his absence :-) > ---Blackberried > ------------------------------ > *From: * Kurt Buff <[email protected]> > *Date: *Tue, 6 Nov 2012 11:09:24 -0800 > *To: *NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: * "NT System Admin Issues" < > [email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: A question about Virtualization > > 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 > > ~ 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
