Hello, > Why I want to use VMware. > > 1) High availability. I like idea of abstracting HA from the software. > 2) Easy scaling. During move in week we can bump the memory/procs > up to meet added capacity. Keep in mind that you will also need some kind of data HA in case of a failure. Normally, we use DRBD when using physical machines. If you do have a SAN, we could use iSCSI instead. The active machine would have the partition mounted, and if a failover occurs, the other server mounts the same partition.
> Will there be any problems with this setup? No. :) > Anyone else with experience running a larger environment like this? > > I would like to see other peoples capacity numbers if they don't mind > posting them. Bonus points to people who are in a University > environment. I would say 80% of the time, clients are using physical machines. However, we see an increasing trend over the virtual machine usage. As long as your physical hosts are not overloaded, and that your storage back-end have a fair amount of free IO, you should have the same performance as a physical machine with a fraction of the cost. Maybe some other mailing member can also jump into the discussion. -- Francois Gaudreault, ing. jr [email protected] :: +1.514.447.4918 (x130) :: www.inverse.ca Inverse inc. :: Leaders behind SOGo (www.sogo.nu) and PacketFence (www.packetfence.org) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 Ways to Improve & Secure Unified Communications Unified Communications promises greater efficiencies for business. UC can improve internal communications as well as offer faster, more efficient ways to interact with customers and streamline customer service. Learn more! http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51426253/ _______________________________________________ Packetfence-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/packetfence-users
