[THIN] Re: VMWare Server Sizing
- From: "Steve Greenberg" <steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 13:43:33 -0700
On very similar hardware we have a client running four virtual machines =
and
there is plenty of resources still available. It is going to depend =
entirely
on the load you require, but for non-resource intensive applications 10 =
or
15 machines is quite possible. Keep in mind that you will not gain
performance as a whole, you will just have the ability to divide the
resource up into multiple servers. This is based on using ESX server, on =
GSX
you should expect lower overall performance on the virtual machines.
I see the benefit as being able to host multiple functions on the same
hardware. The customer we are working on this has a low Citrix user =
count,
but does not want to have to buy hardware for a dedicated data =
collector,
web server and other light duty functions unrelated to Citrix that they. =
As
a result, they run two ESX servers, maintain a redundant Citrix farm =
with a
dedicated data collector, and, have resources available for other =
servers
that they would otherwise need to buy and dedicate hardware for.
Regards,
Steve Greenberg
Thin Client Computing
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Of Tony Lyne
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 1:04 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] VMWare Server Sizing
Guys,
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Im in the middle of designing a Citrix farm for a client and it seems =
the
VMWare subject has been thrashed around here quite a bit. But one thing =
I
can find is the number is VMware sessions that should be run per server
before serious performance issues are hit.
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The farm will be running Linux then Vmware on that which will be =
launching
multiple VMWare Win2k3 server sessions with MFXPa/e.=20
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If they will only be doing the basic work like MS Office and other =
office
applications, typically from experience how many VMware sessions would
people expect to get per server before they notices a performance hit?
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The server kit will be DL360G3's with 4GB RAM and mirrored disks.
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I was expecting to start with each server running 2 VMware sessions each =
and
see how that goes.
There will most likely be vertical application servers as well.
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