Wow, wouldn’t have even occurred to me to put ESXi on anything other than bare hardware, the fewer layers between the VM and hardware the better IMO.
Dave -----Original Message----- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 12:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VMWare config question Don't. ESXi on bare hardware or HyperV VMWare Server 2.0 on was a pig. -sc > -----Original Message----- > From: Charlie Kaiser [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 2:14 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: VMWare config question > > I've been tasked with installing VMWare server on a client W2K8 server. Plan > is to run one VM that will be a relatively sandboxed WWW/FTP server. Server > that will be the host runs MS CRM and related SQL 2008. SQL is installed on C: > but the datafiles are on D:. No spindle separation of logs/DB. (not my call) > 12G pagefile is on D:. Plenty of disk space on C: and D:, 8 GB ram. C: is a 2- > drive RAID1; D: is a 4-drive RAID5. > > I’m trying to decide where to put VMWare and the VM files for best > performance. My google-fu is not getting the job done. > > Any recommendations for location or pointers to good documentation of > this? > > Thanks.... > > *********************** > Charlie Kaiser > [email protected] > Kingman, AZ > *********************** > > > > ~ 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
