Lee, I should have added that with are WCS on ESX that I rarely see the CPU Util above 1%, Disk i/o is low, as is the memory footprint. Looks like the only load comes when running reports.
My Cisco SE commented that it was the best performing WCS he had come across. Of course, the ESX box is dual quad-core 3GHz with 8GB RAM, but again, the load from WCS is almost non-existent. Jeff >>> Lee H Badman <lhbad...@syr.edu> 12/20/08 6:01 AM >>> Thanks, all. I know that it is supported, more looking for real-world testimonials on large WCS applications used in the virtual environment. Lee H. Badman Wireless/Network Engineer Information Technology and Services Syracuse University 315 443-3003 -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of Oliver Gorwits Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 3:47 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] WCS- virtualized? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Lee H Badman wrote: > I am experimenting with WCS in an ESX virtual environment. So > far, this is very promising, and I see no degradation in server > performance, and have been able to do code upgrades, etc. The data sheet for WCS[1] mentions recommended hardware specs, including when in a VMWare environment. It's down the bottom, under "Product Specifications": "VMware ESX Server 3.0.1 or later. (Minimum hardware requirements for a dedicated and guaranteed VMware server: Intel(r) Xeon Quad CPU; 3.15 GHz, 8 GB RAM, 200 GB HDD)" The WCS FAQ also says basically the same thing, but more emphatically "yes, VMWare is supported". HTH, [1] http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/wireless/ps5755/ps6301/ps6305 /product_data_sheet0900aecd802570d0.html - -- Oliver Gorwits, Network and Telecommunications Group, Oxford University Computing Services -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJTLEa2NPq7pwWBt4RAuu1AKDQh0osUyIPSwz7cZCtb82zHegF8QCdEabg aQXUAlQCUwKeqJB2eQYLFCA= =oW2z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
