[THIN] Re: VMWare Server Sizing
- From: "Ron Oglesby" <roglesby@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 20:21:07 -0600
ESX is (in a word) the base OS. Really there is a console OS and the VM
Kernel . The Console is Redhat (modified) but the overhead for it is
bound to the first CPU and is very light.
I would assume though the boxes we recommend are generally pretty large
and we only do hand installs right now since there are only a few big
boxes per environment.=20
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Lyne [mailto:Tony.Lyne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 2:33 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: VMWare Server Sizing
That's the exact kind of information I need. Im new to the VMware side =
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of things, Theres only been a very tiny implementation base in NZ (I =3D
guess that's about to change) with Terminal servers.=3D20
So you are saying with ESX I won't need to factor in a base operating =
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system? Is ESX a base OS. Can it be implemented as a scripted install?
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-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Fraser [mailto:chrisfraser@xxxxxxxxxx]=3D20
Sent: Monday, 23 February 2004 8:25 a.m.
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: VMWare Server Sizing
Hi there
What is your reasoning for choosing GSX on Linux over ESX?=3D3D20
The ESX management interface/console OS has quite a bit in common with =
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Linux
(being based on RH 7.2) and you will incur less overhead under ESX. Then
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can add on all the management goodies like Virtual Center and also use
Virtual SMP for dual-processor VMs.
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Sent: February 22, 2004 12:04 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 =
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the
VMWare subject has been thrashed around here quite a bit. But one thing
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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 =3D3D
launching
multiple VMWare Win2k3 server sessions with MFXPa/e.=3D3D20
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If they will only be doing the basic work like MS Office and other =3D3D
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
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see how that goes.
There will most likely be vertical application servers as well.
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