[MCN-L] Virtualization Link

[Doron Ben-Avraham]

Thanks for the link
I find this blog on the subject very useful as well - 
http://www.yellow-bricks.com/


Doron Ben Avraham - IT Manager
New Museum Of Contemporary Art
TEL : 212.219.1222 x 233
FAX: 212.432.6822
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[MCN-L] Virtualization Link

[Jeff L. La Clair]

Thanks for the link.  Implemented VMWare Vsphere about a month ago and have 
moved 4 servers and created 1 test server for a co-worker.  It has defiantly 
made my world easier!!!

Jeff La Clair
Director of Information Technology

Baltimore Museum of Art
10 Art Museum Dr
Baltimore, MD. 21218

Tel  443-573-1596
Fax 443-573-1581
Email: Jlaclair at artbma.org



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vSphere totally rocks.

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Bailey,Dwight A wrote:

> We've just implemented VMware vSphere 4.0 and I was lead to this link which
> I think you will find useful (if you don't have it already)  - try not to be
> overwhelmed.
>
> http://www.thevpad.com/
>
> -Dwight
>
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[Bailey,Dwight A]

We've just implemented VMware vSphere 4.0 and I was lead to this link which I 
think you will find useful (if you don't have it already)  - try not to be 
overwhelmed.

http://www.thevpad.com/

-Dwight

\
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Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art
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F: 352 392 3892

SW 34th Street and Hull Rd
PO Box 112700
Gainesville, FL 32611

Make IT Happen!

[MCN-L] Virtualization Link

[Marlo Lee]

vSphere totally rocks.

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Bailey,Dwight A wrote:

> We've just implemented VMware vSphere 4.0 and I was lead to this link which
> I think you will find useful (if you don't have it already)  - try not to be
> overwhelmed.
>
> http://www.thevpad.com/
>
> -Dwight
>
> \
> Dwight Bailey
> Director of Museum Technology
> Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art
> http://www.harn.ufl.edu
>
> P: 352 392 9826 x2155
> F: 352 392 3892
>
> SW 34th Street and Hull Rd
> PO Box 112700
> Gainesville, FL 32611
>
> Make IT Happen!
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[MCN-L] Virtualization

[Doron Ben-Avraham]

Perian
On a basic level Virtualization creates an abstraction (referred to as
HyperVisor) later between the operating system and the physical machine,
this gives the ability to run several operating systems (Linux, Windows
etc...) on a single physical host. If your machines have enough muscle,
you can consolidate the number of system you carry, offering better
utilization of the resources you have, and a decrease of energy overhead
etc... 

The virtual machines all use the same set of drivers between instances,
and it is also easier to create snapshots of a server state, and revert
to it in time of need. It will also make the deployment of a new server
platform easy, if you require a new OS for specific needs.

You will need to formulate a backup and availability strategy should you
experience a hardware failure (basically have another machine take over
the hypervisor role) there are many ways to do this, and certain methods
enable you to move from one machine to another with no downtime, at a
very minimal amount of management.
Also, one has to figure out what machine are utilized, for what, and how
much CPU time, disk IO, and network resources they require in order to
make a good strategy.

The cons that often come up are Virtualization creeps, which basically
mean that running another OS is so easy, soon if one isn't careful, you
have a whole range of useless Virtual machines.

Doron
New Museum Of Contemporary Arts.



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   2. Re: Who manages your social media presence? (Perian Sully)
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Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 10:50:22 -0700
From: "Perian Sully" 
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Virtualization
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Apologies in advance for the very basic question, but I've seen a lot of
discussion about virtualization lately, but I don't have a whole lot of
background information.

Does anyone have any particular references/ a nutshell answer that
outline 1) what virtualization is, and 2) what the pros and cons are?
I'd love to get caught up to the conversation!

~P

Perian Sully
Collections Information Manager
Web Programs Strategist
The Magnes
Berkeley, CA



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Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 10:58:57 -0700
From: "Perian Sully" 
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Who manages your social media presence?
To: "Museum Computer Network Listserv" 
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I manage the Twitter/blog/YouTube presence, with some input on both
Facebook and Flickr. Facebook is managed by the Development and
Marketing department while our Director of Collections and Research does
the most work on Flickr.

Most of the staff has access to provide input or content to any of these
media.

as to interfacing with PR/Marketing... heh. not well? Since I also do
the updates to the website, when website updates are forwarded to me, I
try to update all of the sites at once. We're trying to streamline the
process, but there is a lot of training required of key staff before it
will work smoothly.

Perian Sully
Collections Information Manager
Web Programs Strategist
The Magnes
Berkeley, CA


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Subject: [MCN-L] Who manages your social media presence?

Dear all,
In your museum, does your PR/Marketing staff manage your presence on
flickr,
youtube, facebook, your blogs, etc. or someone else? If you have one,
how
does your New Media team interface with PR/Marketing?

Thanks,
Melissa


Melissa H. Kinkley
Manager of New Media & Family Interpretation

Smart Museum of Art
University of Chicago?
5550 S. Greenwood Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637
ph. 773.702.2362
fax 773.702.3121

http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu



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[MCN-L] Virtualization

[Rich Cherry]

Check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_virtualization 

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Perian Sully
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 10:50 AM
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Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Virtualization

Apologies in advance for the very basic question, but I've seen a lot of
discussion about virtualization lately, but I don't have a whole lot of
background information.

Does anyone have any particular references/ a nutshell answer that
outline 1) what virtualization is, and 2) what the pros and cons are?
I'd love to get caught up to the conversation!

~P

Perian Sully
Collections Information Manager
Web Programs Strategist
The Magnes
Berkeley, CA

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[MCN-L] Virtualization

[Perian Sully]

Apologies in advance for the very basic question, but I've seen a lot of
discussion about virtualization lately, but I don't have a whole lot of
background information.

Does anyone have any particular references/ a nutshell answer that
outline 1) what virtualization is, and 2) what the pros and cons are?
I'd love to get caught up to the conversation!

~P

Perian Sully
Collections Information Manager
Web Programs Strategist
The Magnes
Berkeley, CA

[MCN-L] Virtualization woes

[Doron Ben-Avraham]

the subject keeps coming up for obvious reasons, the demonstrated ability of 
virutalization to cut costs, and insure availability is of great interest to 
any cultural institution.

In the processes of evaluating the museum requirements in an economic climate 
that requires much prudence.
I am wondering if we can attempt to create a common pressure (or a coordinated 
better deal). if you are considering this, please contact me, perhaps we might 
gain traction through a common reseller.

I am at present considering virtualizing our environment using Microsoft 
products, I dont think they have achieved the maturity vmware demonstrates, but 
they are very fast to adapt, and very aggressive in development and pricing 
(Microsoft offers very generous benefits as you all know).

VMware however... is nowhere to be found, and i am under the impression that 
the pricing and licensing models they offer are designed to obfuscate a very 
expensive future upgrade path.
I am in favor of VMware as my first choice, based on my impressions of the 
technology, but i really cannot justify such sharp developments, the pricing 
model i see insures no easy path to upgrade in the future.

With a very aggressive competitor  (probably the most aggressive out there) 
behind them, I find it really strange VMware does not even attempt to bend 
towards cultural institutions and other non profits, its strangely shortsighted.

Doron

[MCN-L] Virtualization woes

[David Marsh]

I appreciate your position.

I find the free VMWare server immensely useful, particularly for really
small non-profits, but an affordable path to infrastructure seems less
obvious. VMWare server and an external drive bay with a drive drawer
fitted allows a really cheap, simple and robust disaster recovery
solution for a one or two server LAN.

I'm accustomed to $200 windows server licenses (TechSoup) and at the
moment I'm only using VMWare Server on this platform. I'm planning to
take a look at Hypervisor as an alternative to a windows host but I have
not found the time yet. 

I'd love to see VMWare compete with Microsofts generosity to non-profits
(although give them full credit for making VMWare server free). 

D


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H.R. MacMillan Space Centre 
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Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 3:07 PM
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Subject: [MCN-L] Virtualization woes


the subject keeps coming up for obvious reasons, the demonstrated
ability of virutalization to cut costs, and insure availability is of
great interest to any cultural institution.

In the processes of evaluating the museum requirements in an economic
climate that requires much prudence.
I am wondering if we can attempt to create a common pressure (or a
coordinated better deal). if you are considering this, please contact
me, perhaps we might gain traction through a common reseller.

I am at present considering virtualizing our environment using Microsoft
products, I dont think they have achieved the maturity vmware
demonstrates, but they are very fast to adapt, and very aggressive in
development and pricing (Microsoft offers very generous benefits as you
all know).

VMware however... is nowhere to be found, and i am under the impression
that the pricing and licensing models they offer are designed to
obfuscate a very expensive future upgrade path.
I am in favor of VMware as my first choice, based on my impressions of
the technology, but i really cannot justify such sharp developments, the
pricing model i see insures no easy path to upgrade in the future.

With a very aggressive competitor  (probably the most aggressive out
there) behind them, I find it really strange VMware does not even
attempt to bend towards cultural institutions and other non profits, its
strangely shortsighted.

Doron

[MCN-L] Virtualization

[James William Yoon]

If cost is a key concern, an alternative option is to use Sun
Microsystem's free and open source virtual machine software,
VirtualBox ( http://www.virtualbox.org ), which competes in the same
market.

Also, depending on your needs and the size of your museum's IT
infrastructure, VMWare Server or Microsoft Virtual PC might be a good
way to go (or start): both are available for free, though not open
source ( http://www.vmware.com/products/server/ ,
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=04D26402-3199-48A3-AFA2-2DC0B40A73B6
).

James

On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Sandy Moore  wrote:
> We are preparing to virtualize this summer with VMWare, so I'm
> interested too. ?Did anyone receive educational/non-profit pricing
> through VMWare? ?Thanks.
>
> Sandy Moore
> Toledo Museum of Art
>
 jdvorak at heard.org 5/18/2009 12:58:11 PM >>>
>
> Not sure if this has already been addressed, but have any of you
> recently virtualized any part of your network? ?I'm specifically
> interested in the use of VMWare. ?Any gotchas or lessons learned you'd
> like to share?
>
> Thanks,
> Jen
>
> Jennifer Dvorak | Heard Museum | Phoenix, AZ | www.heard.org | main
> 602.252.8840 | direct 602.251.0287 | mobile 602.930.3346
>
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> http://myartscommunity.org/ and make a small donation to the Heard
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[MCN-L] Virtualization

[Ethan Gruber]

My institution now uses it for setting up development and testing
environments, but minimizes its use in production environments because of
performance issues.  It's probably okay to use in most production
environments, but I wouldn't recommend it for processor-intensive stuff,
like jpeg2000 delivery.

Ethan Gruber

On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Rich Cherry
wrote:

> I have had great success using it at three museums and am getting ready to
> roll it out for my new organization.  The only thing I would say is roll it
> out on really good hardware and do some testing on backup and recovery.
>
>
> Rich Cherry
> Director
> Balboa Park Online Collaborative
> A Project of the Benbough Operating Foundation
> 2131 Pan American Plz
> San Diego, CA 92101
> B: (619) 819-8331
> F: (619) 819-8230
> rcherry at balboaparkonline.org
>
>
>
>
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> Jennifer Dvorak
> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 9:58 AM
> To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
> Subject: [MCN-L] Virtualization
>
> Not sure if this has already been addressed, but have any of you
> recently virtualized any part of your network?  I'm specifically
> interested in the use of VMWare.  Any gotchas or lessons learned you'd
> like to share?
>
> Thanks,
> Jen
>
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[MCN-L] Virtualization

[Rich Cherry]

You can get some non-profit discount through the right third party... I suggest 
CDW Non Profit (who also supports MCN)

Here is a contact:
Constantine Hidalgo
CDW Non Profit
tineanddavid at cdw.com
866.875.4470 

Good luck,


Rich Cherry
Director
Balboa Park Online Collaborative
A Project of the Benbough Operating Foundation
2131 Pan American Plz
San Diego, CA 92101
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F: (619) 819-8230
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Sandy Moore
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 10:28 AM
To: jdvorak at heard.org; mcn-l at mcn.edu
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Virtualization

We are preparing to virtualize this summer with VMWare, so I'm
interested too.  Did anyone receive educational/non-profit pricing
through VMWare?  Thanks.  
 
Sandy Moore
Toledo Museum of Art

>>> jdvorak at heard.org 5/18/2009 12:58:11 PM >>>

Not sure if this has already been addressed, but have any of you
recently virtualized any part of your network?  I'm specifically
interested in the use of VMWare.  Any gotchas or lessons learned you'd
like to share?  

Thanks, 
Jen

Jennifer Dvorak | Heard Museum | Phoenix, AZ | www.heard.org | main
602.252.8840 | direct 602.251.0287 | mobile 602.930.3346

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[Rich Cherry]

I have had great success using it at three museums and am getting ready to roll 
it out for my new organization.  The only thing I would say is roll it out on 
really good hardware and do some testing on backup and recovery.  


Rich Cherry
Director
Balboa Park Online Collaborative
A Project of the Benbough Operating Foundation
2131 Pan American Plz
San Diego, CA 92101
B: (619) 819-8331
F: (619) 819-8230
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Jennifer Dvorak
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 9:58 AM
To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
Subject: [MCN-L] Virtualization

Not sure if this has already been addressed, but have any of you
recently virtualized any part of your network?  I'm specifically
interested in the use of VMWare.  Any gotchas or lessons learned you'd
like to share?  
 
Thanks, 
Jen
 
Jennifer Dvorak | Heard Museum | Phoenix, AZ | www.heard.org | main
602.252.8840 | direct 602.251.0287 | mobile 602.930.3346
 
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[MCN-L] Virtualization

[Sandy Moore]

We are preparing to virtualize this summer with VMWare, so I'm
interested too.  Did anyone receive educational/non-profit pricing
through VMWare?  Thanks.  
 
Sandy Moore
Toledo Museum of Art

>>> jdvorak at heard.org 5/18/2009 12:58:11 PM >>>

Not sure if this has already been addressed, but have any of you
recently virtualized any part of your network?  I'm specifically
interested in the use of VMWare.  Any gotchas or lessons learned you'd
like to share?  

Thanks, 
Jen

Jennifer Dvorak | Heard Museum | Phoenix, AZ | www.heard.org | main
602.252.8840 | direct 602.251.0287 | mobile 602.930.3346

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[MCN-L] Virtualization

[Jennifer Dvorak]

Not sure if this has already been addressed, but have any of you
recently virtualized any part of your network?  I'm specifically
interested in the use of VMWare.  Any gotchas or lessons learned you'd
like to share?  
 
Thanks, 
Jen
 
Jennifer Dvorak | Heard Museum | Phoenix, AZ | www.heard.org | main
602.252.8840 | direct 602.251.0287 | mobile 602.930.3346
 
Help us raise money during these challenging times: go to
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Museum. 

[MCN-L] Virtualization

[Bryan Gawronski]

Jeff,

I agree with David on the TS issue.  Make sure you test the performance before 
putting TS on a virtual platform.  The best solution I have found for a virtual 
TS is Citrix XenServer which has been engineered to run a TS environment.  You 
will never get the same number of user session on a virtual TS as you would on 
a physical TS server.  If you run physical TS look at application 
virtualization like ThinApp from VMWARE, Microsoft Application Virtualization 
4.5, or XenApp from Citrix.  Please feel free to contact me if you have 
questions as I have done research on several virtualization platforms and 
performance testing including TS.

Thank you for your time.
 
Bryan Gawronski
Head of Technology Services
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
1285 Elmwood Ave
Buffalo NY 14222
716-882-8700
bgawronski at albrightknox.org


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Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 4:30 PM
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Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Virtualization


Absolutly.  I will test, test and test again.
jeff

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From: David Salovesh 
Sent: April 02, 2009 3:23 PM
To: 'Museum Computer Network Listserv' 
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Virtualization


Ooooh - test that TS virtualization a lot before you commit to it.  I've labbed 
it and found it wanting, and the folks I know who have put it into production 
have been somewhat less than happy.

TS runs great on minimal hardware, but because it's virtualizing the user 
sessions anyway it benefits a lot from having real resources to manage.


Dave Salovesh
Information Technology Manager
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund
202.737.8521 (phone) | 202.737.3405 (fax) | www.nleomf.org

Help Build the National Law Enforcement Museum
www.LawEnforcementMuseum.org - 866.446.NLEM (446.6536)

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L. La Clair
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:36 PM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Virtualization

We are looking to virtual two to 3 servers.
Our (intranet\TS server and backup DC Server) with a possibility of vir. Our 
software distribution\Counterspy\Diskeeper\WSUS server.

Jeff


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A Quick Poll by responding to this e-mail:

What Museum's have a virtualized server environment and how many are
looking toward virtualization?

Sandra J. Moore
The Toledo Museum of Art


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[MCN-L] Virtualization

[Jeff L. La Clair]

Absolutly.  I will test, test and test again.
jeff

-Original Message-
From: David Salovesh 
Sent: April 02, 2009 3:23 PM
To: 'Museum Computer Network Listserv' 
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Virtualization


Ooooh - test that TS virtualization a lot before you commit to it.  I've labbed 
it and found it wanting, and the folks I know who have put it into production 
have been somewhat less than happy.

TS runs great on minimal hardware, but because it's virtualizing the user 
sessions anyway it benefits a lot from having real resources to manage.


Dave Salovesh
Information Technology Manager
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund
202.737.8521 (phone) | 202.737.3405 (fax) | www.nleomf.org

Help Build the National Law Enforcement Museum
www.LawEnforcementMuseum.org - 866.446.NLEM (446.6536)

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From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Jeff 
L. La Clair
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:36 PM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Virtualization

We are looking to virtual two to 3 servers.
Our (intranet\TS server and backup DC Server) with a possibility of vir. Our 
software distribution\Counterspy\Diskeeper\WSUS server.

Jeff


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Sandy Moore
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Subject: [MCN-L] Virtualization

A Quick Poll by responding to this e-mail:

What Museum's have a virtualized server environment and how many are
looking toward virtualization?

Sandra J. Moore
The Toledo Museum of Art


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[MCN-L] Virtualization

[Ari Davidow]

We use some virtualized servers on AWS and are considering migrating
all web services to that environment. We also use VMWare to virtualize
services locally on our in-house servers.

ari

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Sandy Moore  wrote:
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>
> What Museum's have a virtualized server environment and how many are
> looking toward virtualization?
>
> Sandra J. Moore
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[MCN-L] Virtualization

[Doron Ben-Avraham]

The New Museum is planning to virtualize its server farm based on VMware
solutions
It is regrettable that VMware has no strategy or price plan for non
profits.

Doron

[MCN-L] Virtualization

[Thomas Deliduka]

We have considered it at The Columbus Museum of Art but I think in the end we 
couldn't afford the hardware to pull it off.

Thomas Deliduka
Director of Information Technology
Columbus Museum of Art
480 East Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43215
ph 614/629-0345 fax 614/629-0950
thomas.deliduka at cmaohio.org
?
ART SPEAKS. JOIN THE CONVERSATION

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Sandy Moore
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To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: [MCN-L] Virtualization

A Quick Poll by responding to this e-mail:
 
What Museum's have a virtualized server environment and how many are looking 
toward virtualization?  
 
Sandra J. Moore
The Toledo Museum of Art
 
 
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[MCN-L] Virtualization

[David Salovesh]

Ooooh - test that TS virtualization a lot before you commit to it.  I've labbed 
it and found it wanting, and the folks I know who have put it into production 
have been somewhat less than happy.

TS runs great on minimal hardware, but because it's virtualizing the user 
sessions anyway it benefits a lot from having real resources to manage.


Dave Salovesh 
Information Technology Manager
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund
202.737.8521 (phone) | 202.737.3405 (fax) | www.nleomf.org

Help Build the National Law Enforcement Museum
www.LawEnforcementMuseum.org - 866.446.NLEM (446.6536)

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From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Jeff 
L. La Clair
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:36 PM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Virtualization

We are looking to virtual two to 3 servers.  
Our (intranet\TS server and backup DC Server) with a possibility of vir. Our 
software distribution\Counterspy\Diskeeper\WSUS server.

Jeff


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looking toward virtualization?  
 
Sandra J. Moore
The Toledo Museum of Art
 
 
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[MCN-L] Virtualization

[Check, Marc]

Using limited VMware virtualization & V-Motion now for a couple critical 
servers, but testing out Microsoft's Hyper-V technology, which is maturing 
quickly & I think you'll find you can do much more on a much smaller budget, as 
Hyper-V has clustering included for disaster recovery & business continuity.  
The downside is Hyper-V is much less road-tested than VMWare & it's - well - 
Microsoft.  

We hope to have all 8 major servers in our institution virtualized by this time 
next year, but jury is still out on which virtualization technology we'll be 
using. 

Marc Check
Director of Technology, Strong National Museum of Play(r)
Information Technology Manager, American Journal of Play
Associate Director, National Center for the History of Electronic Games(tm)
One Manhattan Square
Rochester, NY 14607
Direct Line: 585-410-6323
Fax: 585-263-2493
cell: 585-755-8622
Email: mcheck at museumofplay.org
Website(s): www.museumofplay.org, www.americanjournalofplay.org, www.ncheg.org

**

[MCN-L] Virtualization

[Hegley, Douglas]

The Metropolitan has moved aggressively to virtualize servers over the past two 
years, resulting in an annual savings of tens of thousands of dollars, as well 
as far fewer headaches for our network team. These are VMWare hosts installed 
in our own two server farms.

Douglas Hegley
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028
212-650-2931
douglas.hegley at metmuseum.org
 
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Sandra J. Moore
The Toledo Museum of Art
 
 
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[MCN-L] Virtualization

[Rob Lancefield on lists]

We'll be running our collections management system and associated web 
software in university-supported virtual machines by the end of this 
summer--more aggregated provisioning for them, pretty much cloud to us.

Rob

-- 
Rob Lancefield (rlancefield [at] wesleyan [dot] edu)
Manager of Museum Information Services / Registrar of Collections
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
301 High Street, Middletown CT 06459-0487 USA
860.685.2965
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>  
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[MCN-L] Virtualization

[Rich Cherry]

We installed VMWARE at the last 3 museums I worked at:

Albright-Knox Art Gallery Buffalo, NY
Guggenheim Museum NY
Skirball Cultural Center Los Angeles

We are also planning to use it at my new organization in the next few weeks.

Rich

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To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: [MCN-L] Virtualization

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What Museum's have a virtualized server environment and how many are looking 
toward virtualization?  
 
Sandra J. Moore
The Toledo Museum of Art
 
 
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[MCN-L] Virtualization

[Real, Will]

Sandra, our corporate IT is virtualizing as we speak. The new data
center supports the 4 museums of Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh.

Will

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The Toledo Museum of Art
 
 
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[MCN-L] Virtualization

[Jeff L. La Clair]

We are looking to virtual two to 3 servers.  
Our (intranet\TS server and backup DC Server) with a possibility of vir. Our 
software distribution\Counterspy\Diskeeper\WSUS server.

Jeff


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[MCN-L] Virtualization

[j trant]

There are two papers that discuss this in the Technology Strategies 
session upcoming at Museums and the Web  conference. Full texts are 
on-line, linked from the abstracts below:

Museums and the Web 2009
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/

Thursday April 16, 2009
11:00 am -12:30 pm

Museums and Cloud Computing: Ready for Primetime, or Just Vaporware?
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/abstracts/prg_335001927.html
Edward Bachta, Charles Moad, Rob Stein, USA


Fedora, Drupal, and Cloud Computing for a low-cost, sustainable DAM
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/abstracts/prg_335001962.html
Ari Davidow, USA


best,

jennifer

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[MCN-L] Virtualization

[Sandy Moore]

A Quick Poll by responding to this e-mail:
 
What Museum's have a virtualized server environment and how many are
looking toward virtualization?  
 
Sandra J. Moore
The Toledo Museum of Art
 
 

[MCN-L] Virtualization

[Thompson, Dave]

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston now has a virtualized server environment.  I 
haven't been involved with the project personally, so I can't provide any 
specifics, but I'm happy to get the answers to any questions you may have.


Dave Thompson
Database Administrator 

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
PO Box 6826 Houston, Texas 77265-6826
5100 Montrose Boulevard Houston, Texas 77006
713.639.7580 office
281.330.3803 mobile
www.mfah.org 

Afghanistan, Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul 
On view through May 17, 2009.?? 


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[MCN-L] Virtualization

[Peter Turner]

We do not have a virtualized server environment. We do not plan in the short
term (next 3-4 years) to move in that direction. 

Peter Turner 
Information Technology Specialist 
Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture/Eastern Washington State Historical
Society
2316 West First Ave 
Spokane, WA 99201 
Phone   509-363-5327 
Fax 509-363-5303
Email   petert at northwestmuseum.org

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