[THIN] Re: VMWare ESX
- From: "Claus, Brian" <BClaus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 16:55:20 -0400
I also believe 10:1 is stretching it...but I've NEVER known a sales rep
to exaggerate ;)
I'd _guess_ that a HP DL360 G3 with dual processors and 4 GB of RAM
could safely do a 4:1 ratio. My servers get hit pretty hard...40-50
users concurrent with over 60 different published apps.
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Brian Claus, MCP, Network+, A+
Network Administrator
WESCO Distribution, Inc.
225 West Station Square Drive, Suite 700
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1122
Phone: 412-454-2412
Fax: 412-454-2540
<mailto:bclaus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> bclaus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Ryan Lambert
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 4:48 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: VMWare ESX
I was reading the product specs, and like you said... it looks like he'd
be able to get like 6-10:1 if the utilization was pretty low... in
theory. Then again, I don't have any real world experience with managing
the product, so I am sure the "YMMV" rule applies here. From what he
said, seems like these servers are getting pegged as it is... I'd think
10:1 was stretching it a bit.
VMWare is something we've considered for our future plans... so I am
definitely interested in this topic...
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Greenberg [mailto:steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 4:40 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: VMWare ESX
2-4 Virtual servers on one hardware box is my real world experience with
Citrix. Could be 6-10 servers if you are consolidating servers with very
low utlization....as always it depends on what apps you are running.
Steve Greenberg
Thin Client Computing
34522 N. Scottsdale Rd. suite D8453
Scottsdale, AZ 85262
(602) 432-8649
(602) 296-0411 fax
steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Luchette, Jon
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 1:25 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] VMWare ESX
Hello, we are looking at VMWare ESX. I just got out of a meeting with
them and I was just wondering what any of you can tell me from your
experience to expect as a general rule of consolidation with Citrix
boxes. Right know we have 6 duals, with 2 gb of RAM, and are getting
about 30 users per box. If we were to go with ESX, how many servers
should we plan on consolidating to? Have any of you guys done something
like this recently? We were told in the meeting that we could go
anywhere in the vicinity of 6:1 to even 10:1. That seems a bit much to
me, do any of you have any good VMWare consolidation stories for me?
Thanks in advance,
/jL
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