It just started making news again. Major vendors will be shipping servers with 3i in April.
It looks very promising. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/022608-embedded-virtualization-set -to-lure.html or http://tinyurl.com/yvvarj to avoid wrappage issues... From: Benjamin Zachary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 1:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: server options That's where they are supposedly headed. 3i is supposed to be an embedded distro straight preconfigured from the vendor dell/hp/ibm etc. I didn't know it was downloadable ahha maybe that's where I got crossed up. I skimmed through the press release and pdf files on it, and then saw it was released so I put those together. Ill go back and logon to the partner side and see what I can dig up. ________________________________ From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 1:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: server options Is that very recent Ben? I understood 3i was shipping but only as the installable version atm. From: Benjamin Zachary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 11:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: server options VI3i is already shipping I believe. This is basically a server with a flash chip of VI3 installed on it and saves the config to a flash ram just like a BIOS stores info. No HD's required, can boot from fibre/iscsi not from NFS I believe. ________________________________ From: Louis, Joe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 9:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: server options The SAS drives on the DL might be a bit of overkill if you are looking to save some money and are getting an Equallogic. ESX is going to a light footprint and pretty soon (if not already) HP/DELL/etc will be offering machines like DLs with no moveable drives with an ESX light footprint on an internal USB. ________________________________ From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 7:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: server options An HP DL would handle that easily and is supported. An easier way to figure what you should get is look at the very small HCL for ESX J jlc From: Klint Price - ArizonaITPro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 5:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: server options I am pricing out hardware for a new venture and could use some feedback. Basically I am coming up with a poor boys IT infrastructure, and a fairly nice setup if our funding comes in. I would like to go 64-bit now, and run 32-bit VM images if necessary; hopefully all will be 64-bit. what are my options for * a 64-bit server * 6 NICs (2 onboard & a quad card) * 24 GB of RAM * at least 2 processors * 4 SAS drives in RAID 5 This will be a VMWare server with VMotion connected to an Equalogic SAN..... all of which needs to be purchased. Thanks, Klint ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
