I have to disagree with you there Mike. Virtualization works will for production, dev and test environments. I have more virtual servers than actual physical servers. I have production SQL server applications (heavy I/O too) that run flawlessly in VMWare. I also have a production box with an inventory control application that the company said they didn't think would run on VMWare and it not only runs on VMWare, it runs better on VMWare than it ever did on a physical box.
OK, stepping off my VMWare soapbox...... On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 8:06 AM, Sharie Breaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > *We only need one server at this point. The primary server that I will > be buying needs Windows 2003 Server Std edition. Yes to AD and we already > have an Exchange Server of which I will be taking with me as the other > company is using something else for mail. The exchange server is only about > 1-1/2 years old. The SQL server is the oldest, but they don't want to spend > the money on that now because of all the other moving expenses - furniture, > cubicles, etc. The backup server I will also be taking with me and it is > only 1-1/2 years old. * > ** > *I felt that blade servers were overkill myself, but I needed some backup > on this issue. Thanks everyone for the information. Anymore at any time > will be greatly appreciated!* > ------------------------------ > *From:* Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 22, 2008 8:59 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Need opinion on Blade Servers > > Sharie, how many servers do you need? > > What systems will you be running here? Do you need AD? Exchange? > > > > *From:* Sharie Breaux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 22, 2008 5:49 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Need opinion on Blade Servers > > > > *Small Business Server is not supported by our software and our trading > system uses SQL databases that have to be on a separate box as well. * > > > > *Sharie* > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 22, 2008 8:36 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Need opinion on Blade Servers > > It all depends on the needs of the firm. My knee-jerk was to put in a SBS > box for everything since its only eight people, however, there may be more > to it than meets the eye. (Dude, transformers are awesome!!) > > > > As far as host based virtualization, I think this environment would be an > ideal candidate. It's small and there is no physical space allocated for > severs. I would look into the option of taking your beefiest box, maxing > out the RAM and putting everything I could on it. > > > > My outside view, $.02 > > > > Shook > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 22, 2008 8:18 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Need opinion on Blade Servers > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Sherry Abercrombie "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
