Thanks for that! I see VMWare company is now part of EMC. Since I suspect we are going to be using an EMC SAN system, I think that will be OK. VMWare ESX seems to only support up to RHEL3 as a guest OS. By that I mean "officially support", in practice all sorts of things would probably work.
OK, lots of reading for me to do! Cheers, Jill. -- Jill Rowling, System Administrator Eng. Systems Dept, Aristocrat Technologies Australia Level 2, 55 Mentmore Ave Rosebery NSW 2018 Phone: (02) 9697-4484, Fax: (02) 9667-3160 -- -----Original Message----- From: Broun, Bevan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 6 April 2005 11:15 AM To: Rowling, Jill Cc: '[email protected]' Subject: Re: [SLUG] Virtual hosting with VMWare Hi Jill We have a few vmware servers but are really we still rampping up. I think you will want vmware esx which installs straight on your hardware. It costs a little more than gsx, an lots more than workstation, but is more efficient. vware's rule of thumb is 4 servers on gsx and 8 on esx. Using either server version allows mulitple admins to work at vmware, creating machines. You can control who stop's and start machines ... You will want a dual cpu system at least. You will probably want to buy the 'VIN' rather than straight esx. It will give you the ablity for your virtual machines to use both CPUs. It also allows some other stuff which is funky but you will need at least 2 vmware server to use it. You need to check vmware's SAN compatablity list. I just got hit with a nasty "no linux virtual machines on NetApp cluster". Your ideal world is at list 2 vmware 'VIN's connected to a SAN with the virtual admin console so you can vmotion live machines between system. Have fun. BB -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT NOTICES This email (including any documents referred to in, or attached, to this email) may contain information that is personal, confidential or the subject of copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties. This email is intended only for the named addressee. Any privacy, confidence, copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties, is not lost because this email was sent to you by mistake. If you received this email by mistake you should: (i) not copy, disclose, distribute or otherwise use it, or its contents, without the consent of Aristocrat or the owner of the relevant rights; (ii) let us know of the mistake by reply email or by telephone (+61 2 9413 6300); and (iii) delete it from your system and destroy all copies. Any personal information contained in this email must be handled in accordance with applicable privacy laws. Electronic and internet communications can be interfered with or affected by viruses and other defects. As a result, such communications may not be successfully received or, if received, may cause interference with the integrity of receiving, processing or related systems (including hardware, software and data or information on, or using, that hardware or software). Aristocrat gives no assurances in relation to these matters. If you have any doubts about the veracity or integrity of any electronic communication we appear to have sent you, please call +61 2 9413 6300 for clarification. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
