Thank you Josh ...the information really clarifies the matter. By the way, I think it would be a great idea to post this information on the VCL module website
On 5 July 2013 07:34, Josh Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Oscar, > > If you just want do demonstrate how VCL works, that could be done with a > desktop class system with 60 GB of drive space and 4 GB of RAM. That would > give you enough to have a Linux and a Windows image and 2 VMs that could be > deployed. > > If you want a system to be able to run a small pilot for a single class of > around 30 students, you could target a system that would handle 10 > concurrent > users. That would mean you would need to be able to run 11 VMs > concurrently - > 1 for the VCL system and 10 for users. You could do this on a single > server. > The software being made available to the users and the type and speed of > the > drives in the system greatly affects things, but shooting for light to > medium > load software and slower drives, you could probably get by with 48 GB of > RAM > and 5 drives in a RAID-5 configuration with 750 GB of usable space. You'd > probably be okay with 2 quad core processors. > > I'm not sure how to answer the "minimum software" part. It's really up to > you > as to what software you want to provide to your users. The VCL system > runs on > Linux - we typically recommend using CentOS. You can use KVM as your > hypervisor or ESXi in the free license mode. If you just want to provide > Linux images to your users, then there would be no software licensing > costs. > If you want to provide Windows images, you'll need to talk to your > Microsoft > sales rep. Things seem to vary from one rep to another as to what things > need > to be licensed. > > Josh > > On Thursday, July 04, 2013 7:27:14 PM Oscar Tejada wrote: > > Dear VCL users, > > > > > > > > We have been exploring a lot of information related to VCL since the IBM > > cloud conference that took place about a year ago... > > > > > > > > The objectives are clear, and the NCSU deployment explains a lot about > how > > VCL actually works...yet one topic seems to remains "obscure". > > > > > > > > Please excuse my question if it seems to be naive, but what if somebody > ask > > you folks specifically about "the minimum" requirements (hardware and > > software) for a private cloud with VCL to run??. What would you say? > > > > > > > > Please remember that occasionally we need to explain such an abstract > > concept to non-IT people and when the specifics come to mind, this > question > > seems to be natural. > > > > > > > > I tried in a previous e-mail to find this out asking what it takes to > > prepare a VCL demonstration, but I still feel unable to state what to > > prepare… > > > > > > > > Any comments on the matter?? (greatly appreciated) > - -- > - ------------------------------- > Josh Thompson > VCL Developer > North Carolina State University > > my GPG/PGP key can be found at pgp.mit.edu > > All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which > are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public > Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAlHWtk8ACgkQV/LQcNdtPQNp1gCdHXjTFDMqPjCauJavUzbR468Z > npgAnjAcXY/kT7tdYaBdOfY3g3DEWHuL > rfT6 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- *Oscar Tejada* Telf: 0412 752 0868 Skype: oscar.tejada Scheduling: http://meetme.so/otejada Online meetings: https://join.me/pisolutions If you need to send me encrypted files or important confidential information, my public key for PGP protection can be found here --> https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share?s=CFFr01HrQaYs97GnNsEQOk .I can also be found as "Oscar R Tejada (otejada)" on most PGP directory servers worldwide.
